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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
3 WORLD RELIGIONSJUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, & ISLAM
Religious Holy Places: Jerusalem Jewish Presence:
Temples of Solomon (Temple Mount) 1st – King Solomon 2nd – Built at the same location Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
Only remaining portion of the 2nd Temple Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D.
3 WORLD RELIGIONSJUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, & ISLAM
Religious Holy Places: Jerusalem Christian Heritage Mount of Olives
Last Suffering Crucifixion
Church of the Holy Sepulcher Burial Place
Crusades Wars to regain control of the Holy Land
3 WORLD RELIGIONSJUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, & ISLAM
Religious Holy Places: Jerusalem Islamic Sacred Sites
Dome of the Rock Muslims: Where Mohammad rose into Heaven Jews: Where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son
Isaac
CULTURAL HISTORY Early Civilizations
Mesopotamia (Land Between Two Rivers) Sumer - First civilization to practice intensive, year-round
agriculture Babylonia - Hammurabi's Code, first written Code of
Laws Assyria - First form of formal writing used Chaldea - The sun dial, the 7 day week and the science
of astronomy
CULTURAL HISTORY Outside of Mesopotamia
Hittites Turkey Introduced the use of iron weapons First to create an alliance with another empire
(Egypt) Persia
Iran Innovation in government organization
System of collecting taxes Splitting the huge empire into separate states called satrapies
RELIGIOUS & LAND STRUGGLES Dividing the Moon
Islam splits after the death of Mohammad Sunni – 83% of all Muslims
Arabian Peninsula & Turkey Allowed up to 4 wife's Succession:
Shi’it (Shia) – 17% of all Muslims Mostly in Iran Allowed only 1 wife Succession:
FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM Shahada
Salaah
Sawm
Zahaat
Haji
HISTORY OF UNREST World War I & Treaty of Versailles
Divided the Ottoman Empire British – Southern section (Jordan & Palestine) French – Northern section (Syria & Lebanon)
Creating the State of Israel Zionism
Create a Jewish state in Palestine Before WWI 12% were Jewish Britain allowed uncheck immigration of Jews 1939 Britain halted immigration
HISTORY OF UNREST Creating the State of Israel
WWII Thousand of Holocaust survivors wanted to
settle in Palestine. World opinion: Create of Jewish nation-state. Israel was created in 1948 by the United
Nations. Surrounding Arabs nations invaded Israel.
Hostilities continue today PLO – Palestine Liberation Organization
(regain occupied land for the Palestinian Arabs)