CH. 22 PART1 THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

HOME TO THE HOLIEST CITY IN ISLAM--MECCA CENTER OF ISLAM PENINSULA COUNTRIES OF BAHRAIN, OMAN, YEMEN, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES HOME TO THE HOLIEST CITY IN ISLAM--MECCA

STRONG FAMILY TIES LED TO RIVALRIES AND COMPETITION FOR GRAZING LAND TOWN AND DESERT REGION WAS CENTER OF TRADE BETWEEN EUROPE, AFRICA, AND ASIA NOMADIC DWELLERS MOVED FROM OASIS TO OASIS STRONG FAMILY TIES LED TO RIVALRIES AND COMPETITION FOR GRAZING LAND

WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CLIP AND WRITE DOWN THE FIVE PILLARS OR BELIEFS OF ISLAM.

THEOCRACY WHAT IS A THEOCRACY? WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE RELIGIOUS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN A THEOCRACY? LOOK ON PAGE 505. WHICH COUNTRY IN SOUTHWEST ASIA IS A THEOCRACY TODAY?

ISLAM SPREADS TRADING CARAVANS BROUGHT ISLAM TO NORTHERN AFRICA MUSLIM ARMIES CONQUERED SOUTHERN EUROPE (SPAIN AND PORTUGAL), BRINGING THE RELIGION TO EUROPE TRADE WITH INDIA BROUGHT THE RELIGION TO THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASIA

COLONIALISM WHEN COUNTRY CONQUERS AND CONTROLS A NATION AS ITS COLONY, IT IS CALLED COLONIALISM AFTER WORLD WAR I, THE FORMER OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS DIVIDED BY FRANCE AND BRITAIN

TURKEY WAS GIVEN TO THE OTTOMAN TURKS FRANCE TOOK LEBANON AND SYRIA BRITAIN CONTROLLED THE SINAI AND WHAT WAS LATER KNOWN AS ISRAEL, THEN CALLED PALESTINE

THE SUEZ CANAL WAS OF STRATEGIC VALUE. WHICH TWO WATERWAYS DOES THIS MANMADE CANAL CONNECT? WHY WOULD CONTROL OF THIS CANAL BE IMPORTANT?

SAUDI ARABIA SAUDI LEADER IBN SAUD UNITED THE TRIBAL GROUPS OF THE DESERT UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. DESCENDENTS OF THIS KING TODAY NUMBER IN THE THOUSANDS. HIS SON, KING ABDULLAH, STILL RULES THE COUNTRY TODAY.

OIL CHANGES LIFE ON THE PENINSULA THE DISCOVERY OF OIL IN 1932 CHANGED ARABIAN LIFE FOREVER. OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES FORMED A COALITION CALLED OPEC, THE ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES. THIS GROUP SETS WORLDWIDE OIL PRICES AND PRODUCTION. LOOK ON PAGE 505. WHAT PROJECTS WERE DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE WEALTH OF OIL REVENUES?

Oil Wealth in the Middle East Here are some examples of the wealth that oil brings to countries on the Arabian peninsula

The Middle East

United Arab Emirates GDP for 2005 was $104.2 billion 30% of the GDP comes from oil and natural gas production ($31.26 billion in 2005) Export 2.5 million barrels of oil per day The U.A.E. is the largest oil supplier to Japan

Iraq

Iraq Economy is dominated by oil Oil exports are 95% of Iraq’s foreign exchange GDP for 2005 was $46.5 billion Export 1.42 million bbl/day

One of Saddam’s Palaces

Another of Saddam’s Palaces - Basra

Saddam’s Wife’s Palace in Baghdad

Another palace – outside of Baghdad

Kuwait

Kuwait 10 % of the world’s oil reserves are controlled by Kuwait Oil money is nearly ½ of the GDP GDP of 2005 was 56.62 billion Exports 721,000 bbl/day

Qatar

Qatar 60% of GDP is from oil Controls 5% of world’s reserves GDP for 2005 was $30.17 billion Produces 790,300 bbl/day

U.S. and M.E. Oil Saudi Arabia is the 3rd largest oil supplier to U.S. (1.335 million bbl/day in Jan. 05) Iraq is the 6th largest – .532 million bbl/day Kuwait is 14th largest – 73 million bbl/day