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NORTH AFRICA & SOUTHWEST ASIA
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EARLY CULTURE HEARTHS
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PIVOTAL LOCATION
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REGIONS OF THE REALM
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GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REALM
Physical ARIDITY OIL Cultural CULTURE HEARTHS WORLD RELIGIONS CONFLICT
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NORTH AFRICA & SOUTHWEST ASIA
Population Discontinuous clusters around infrequent water sources Regional Imbalances Oil and Non-oil states (“haves” versus “have-nots”) Political Geography Fragmented due to colonial experience
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NAMING THE REALM POPULAR LABELS DRY WORLD ARAB WORLD
WORLD OF ISLAM (MUSLIM WORLD) MIDDLE EAST
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THE DRY WORLD ? Dry/arid climate prevails throughout the realm
Exceptions: Peripheral regions of Turkey Northwestern section of Iran Oases Several great river valleys
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ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
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E.J. PALKA MITZPE-RAMON
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E.J. PALKA NEGEV DESERT
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E.J. PALKA NEGEV DESERT
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WATER - A RENEWABLE OR FINITE RESOURCE?
Water is critical for life, food production, and industrial processes. 9 out of 14 Southwest Asian states face water-short conditions (the most concentrated region of scarcity in the world). The North African states all have rates of natural increase above 2.0%, increasing the stress on water sources.
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E.J. PALKA ISRAEL-SYRIA BORDER
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POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
The majority of the population in this realm lives not in the dry arid regions, but around water resources. - The Nile - Mediterranean Sea - Euphrates and Tigris Basin (Hydraulic Civilization) - Lower mountain slopes of Iran, south of the Caspian Sea
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POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
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AN ARAB REALM ? Relates to language as a cultural feature of this realm Arabic is the dominant language in 16 States of the realm. In Non-Arab States, indigenous languages dominate. - Turkey - Turkish - Iran - Farsi - Israel - Hebrew - Niger - French
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Turks Azerbijianis Kurds Arabs Persians Bakhtiari Lur
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ISLAMIC REALM? MUHAMMED (571- 632 AD) FIVE PILLARS OF FAITH
REPEATED EXPRESSIONS OF CREED FREQUENT PRAYER MONTH OF DAYTIME FASTING ALMS-GIVING PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA OTHER KEY TENANTS SUNNIS VS SHI’ITES
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E.J. PALKA DOME OF THE ROCK
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E.J. PALKA THE WESTERN WALL
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E.J. PALKA CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
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INSIDE THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
E.J. PALKA INSIDE THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
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WHERE ARE THE MUSLIMS ? Millions 168.3 180 Indonesia 160 India 128.8
125 140 Pakistan 104 120 Bangladesh 100 Turkey 80 62 61.7 57.1 Iran 60 Egypt 40 18.2 Saudi Arabia 20 # of # of Muslims Muslims
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THE IMPACT OF OIL HIGH INCOMES MODERNIZATION INDUSTRIALIZATION
REGIONAL DISPARITIES FOREIGN INVESTMENT
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NORTH AFRICA & SOUTHWEST ASIA
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