3/14/16 LT: I can describe how the UAE (and other parts of the ME) have changed since oil was discovered. BBC: TODAY: AM: Finish—”Into the Empty Quarter” & start notes over below. PM: Start notes over UAE, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Qatar and watch “Old Arabia” from 1960.

3/15/16 LT: I can describe the culture of the ME and how it is present today. BBC: Russia withdrawing from Syria. Today: Dubai—short videos Notes over climate/start religion of ME

ARAB GULF STATES Persian Gulf Region Kuwait United Arab Emirates (UAE) Oman Qatar Yemen Persian Gulf Region meeting point between the Middle East - Asia – Europe 95% of the region is sand. SHOW THE VIDEO TO SHOW “OLD ARABIA”-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6jaZEhtcmI --Oil Discovery & Distribution of Wealth 1968 video 30 minutes

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Dubai - young / cosmopolitan city... which has benefitted from oil riches. Bursh al Arab Hotel 7-star hotel / $4000 per night built on a man-made island Jacuzzi in each room tallest hotel in the world (2) room suite comes w/ a personal butler hotel is shaped like the sail of a trade boat Palm Project  expansive / futuristic housing project / community ... in the shape of a palm tree. an individual villa (unit) sells for 1.3 million.

https://www. youtube. com/watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJVHiWyrUF8 Things you will only see in Dubai ---cheetah in car, etc. 6 min   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XaCfkU7D08 Bathrooms in burg Arab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kHrwp90iB8 Atlantis hotel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAI7tveh02w Mega mall in Dubai

1 United Arab Emirates Dirham equals 0.27 US Dollar

Oman Muscat Wadi Frankincense Empty Quarter (Rubal Khali) capital city of Oman Wadi a dry river bed Frankincense staple (basic) fragrance of the Middle East. incense harvested from trees Empty Quarter (Rubal Khali) desert area / no-man’s land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5r9DxUwyU--Into https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ1ineP3syA--Hildago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33YnVBsSvL0 Rangerover trlr

KUWAIT Kuwait is approx. the size of NJ Kuwait City national capital. Operation Desert Storm (1991) UN military operation to liberate Kuwait... Iraq (S. Hussein) invaded Kuwait to gain access to the Persian Gulf. Iraqi troops as a distraction / destruction set Kuwaiti oil fields on fire. “oil lakes” (450) were created to save the oil spills... before & after the fires were extinguished.

KUWAIT Liberation Day (Feb. 26) Oil is 90% of Kuwait’s economy. the day U.N. troops drove the Iraqi invaders out of Kuwait. Oil is 90% of Kuwait’s economy. Burgeon Oil Field second largest oil field in the world 100 yrs. of oil reserves remains in Kuwait... 10% of the world’s oil

What does the Middle East look like? 20 countries make up the area known as North Africa and the Middle East. North Africa and the Middle East are at least 3/4 desert and semiarid lands. Mountains are found in North Africa, Turkey, and Northern Iraq and Iran. This area has the world’s largest desert as well as the world’s longest river.

NILE RIVER : The longest river in the world - it flows for some 4,145 miles and empties into the Mediterranean---the last 500 miles being the heartland of Egypt.

SAHARA DESERT– world’s largest desert, most locations receive less than 10 in. of rain per year.

RESOURCES RENEWABLE RESOURCES Water Rivers serve as lifelines throughout the region. Water is the most important resource besides oil. Exotic rivers - rivers that are found where they are least expected - in desert areas usually flow through an oasis. NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES 1. OIL 2. NATURAL GAS

DIVERSITY Most of the people of the region are Arabs ( cultures are marked by Arab influences.) 90% of the people in the region are MUSLIMS they believe in the ISLAMIC FAITH, but there are different religious sects I.E.: Sunnites and the Shiites and regional differences that divide Arabs. Arabs also speak many different dialects, or language variations, or Arabic. Other important groups, include Jews, Turks and Persians (or Iranians). These groups represent a majority of the people in some countries of the region.