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The Northeast

People Turks Iranians Arabs Kurds Anatolia Turkish Iran Farsi Iraq Arabic Kurds Mountain areas of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran Kurdish

Density and Distribution Highest populations Iran and Turkey 50% urban Urban areas Istanbul, Turkey Tehran, Iran Baghdad, Iraq

History and Government

Civilizations Mesopotamia Phoenician Cultural hearth Sumerians Cuneiform – writing system Phoenician Eastern Mediterranean Alphabet

Empires Persian Ottoman Empire Qanats – underground canals Northern Africa, western Asia, and southeastern Europe

Modern Era European control until late 1800s Iraq – conflict with U.S. Turkey – waiting to join the European Union Iran – 1979 Islamic revolution

Oil Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela Works to regulate prices at a high rate Began an embargo (ban on trade) over the Arab-Israeli war

Education and Healthcare Required Iraq through 6th Turkey through 8th Literacy rates 80-86% Hospitals are usually government owned, but have doctor shortages

Arts Ancient Sumerians Literature Ziggurats Strong oral tradition, epics, poetry