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If this area wasn't the birthplace of human civilizatio
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Irak nyttMaps from old Mesopotamian days up until today. Sunni Shia divide, ethnicity, etc.
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the fertile crescent
" because of its lush soil, the "crescent" of land mostly includes modern-day Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Israel-Palestine. ( -
farming here in 9000
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People
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Sumerians formed the
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2500 BC
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BC,
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complex society that resemble
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country,
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Ottoman Empire is named for Osman
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officially an Islamic state, spread the religion in southeast Europe but was generally tolerant of other religious groups
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probably the last great non-European empire until it began declining in the mid-1800s, collapsed after World War I
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former territory in the Middle East divided up by Western Europe
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Sykes-Picot treaty
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UK and French (and Russian) Empires secretly agreed to divide up the Ottoman Empire's last MidEastern regions among themselves
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the borders between the French and British "zones" later became the borders between Iraq, Syria, and Jordan
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Sykes-Picot is often cited as a cause of warfare and violence and extremism in the Middle East
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Michael Izady
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full collection can be found here
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Sunni and Shia
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Islam's division
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with the Prophet Mohammed's death in 632
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with most Muslims wanting to elect
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he next leader but some arguing that power should go by divine birthright to Mohammed's son-in-law, Ali
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Partisans of Ali
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Shi'atu Ali" in Arabic
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"Shia.
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Today
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10 to 15 percent of Muslims worldwide are Shia
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majority group in Iran and Iraq only
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Sunni"
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means "tradition.
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Syria
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Shia sect known as Alawites
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Bashar al-Assad
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Agnieszka KarolinaThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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adenpdxThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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zanottinThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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bart rosseau" In the first through third centuries A.D., a religion called Mithraism — sometimes called a "mystery religion" for its emphasis on secret rites and clandestine worship — spread from present-day Turkey or Armenia throughout the Roman Empire (at the time, most adherents believed it was from Persians in modern-day Iran, but this is probably wrong). Mithraism was completely replaced with C"
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bpastoreThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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rjmclaughlin1These maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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f Tuaregs to fight the armed uprising in 2011.
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occams razors"Maps can be a powerful tool for understanding the world, particularly the Middle East, a place in many ways shaped by changing political borders and demographics. Here are 40 maps crucial for understanding the Middle East — its history, its present, and some of the most important stories in the region today."
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Tina ConettaThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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Vicki Bunce"Maps can be a powerful tool for understanding the world, particularly the Middle East, a place in many ways shaped by changing political borders and demographics. Here are 40 maps crucial for understanding the Middle East — its history, its present, and some of the most important stories in the region today."
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anuleenaThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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United States, as a huge energy importer, has been deeply interested in for years: it sided against Iran during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, against Iraq when it invaded Kuwait and threatened Saudi Arabia in the 1990s, again against Iraq with the 2003 invasion, and now is supporting Saudi Arabia in its rapidly worsening proxy war against Iran.
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lightspringThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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Gwen LehmanExplore and study the Middle East - the past and the present - with these 40 various maps covering political borders, demographics, religion and more.
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CT GTake time to examine each of these maps. The last one, a view from space, shows the beauty of the region by night without any reference to the turmoil on the ground.
maps history geography middle east interactive-map 1-beginners
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marjalauluThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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mcgavin-krauseThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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Nicholas Cost40 maps that describe the middle east from many points of view
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m_howleyThese maps are crucial for understanding the region's history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.
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Stephanie Kugler"40 maps that explain the Middle East"
maps Middle East Ancient History Ancient Civilizations Middle Ages Medieval Europe Medieval Africa Islam Islamic Empire
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