Described as the "crossroads of western Asia" the Levant surrounded by Turkey to the North‚ Egypt to the south‚ Mediterranean Sea to the west‚ Iraq and northern Saudi Arabia to the east. The Levant consists of the countries of Cyprus‚ Israel‚ Jordan‚ the northeastern tip of Egypt‚ Lebanon‚ Palestine‚ and Syria. Geographically‚ this area became divided between the coastal plans of the west and the hill country of the East. As a result of rainfall‚ which decreases from the north to the south‚ the northern
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1.Explain how human interference in the water cycle can affect water availability The water cycle is the process of evaporation‚ condensation and precipitation of water on Earth including rain water and how it is distributed. Human factors such as forest clearing‚ urban construction and changes in land use can all affect the distribution of water. Infiltration can be affected by forest clearance. This also affects percolation and the water table. When there is rain the forests holds a lot of rainfall
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Jerusalem‚ Jordan‚ Ramallah‚ Lebanon and Gaza. The pictures give an idea and reality to his readers about the problems that most Palestinians are facing in everyday life. Many people don’t understand how the life in other countries and how it’s too different from western culture. When there is a picture it makes the readers more into the subject because for a people it can relate to them in anyhow. Some of the photographs relate to me and reminded me of my life when I was a refugee in Jordan. Edward
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Cultural Heritage‚ Jericho. __________________________________________________________________________________ Cultural Heritage of Jericho Jericho is known as the oldest city in the World. It is located 10 kilometres northwest of the Dead Sea in the Jordan Rift Valley (Anfinset 2006‚63). It lies 250 meters below the sea level‚ making it also the lowest city on earth (MoTA 2005‚ 12-13). Its diverse geological formation and unique tropical‚ sub-tropical climate zones‚ and perennial springs have made it
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an ongoing dispute between the State of Israel and the Palestinian people. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is part of the wider Arab-Israeli conflict. Essentially‚ it is a dispute by two different people with claims over the same area of land. The Israelis believe that they are entitled to the land now known as Israel ‚ while the Palestinians believe that they are entitled to the land they call Palestine. For religious Jewish Israelis and religious Muslim Palestinians
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his depth as he feels ’ill at ease’ when walking around the party. Nick has begun to become immersed into the party lifestyle‚ yet he still does not fit in. He remarks on ’getting roaring drunk from sheer embarrassment’ before attaching himself to Jordan‚ as he needs some sense of familiarity and also due to the fact that he is growing more fond of Jordon and so later on in the novel can understand how Gatsby feels for Daisy. Fitzgerald then incorporates many voices to reflect on the busy nature of
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to have turkey hold its first open elections in 1950 In the 1920s the brithish mandate set boundaries with Jordan‚ Iraq‚ and Kuwait and established neutral zones with Iraq and Kuwait British were key to the creation of modern Saudi Arabia in 1932 and in defining borders In 1922‚ a british white paper created he kingdow of Jordan while guaranteeing jewish rights in Palestine west of the Jordan river Israel was created by the UN in 1948
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following decade. The Suez Canal remained closed to Israeli shipping‚ the Arab boycott of Israel was maintained‚ and periodic border clashes occurred between Israel‚ Syria‚ and Jordan. However‚ UNEF prevented direct military encounters between Egypt and Israel.<br><br>By 1967 the Arab confrontation states-Egypt‚ Syria‚ and Jordan-became impatient with the status quo‚ the propaganda war with Israel escalated‚ and border incidents increased dangerously. Tensions culminated in May when Egyptian forces were
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Between 40 and 45 million Internet users were found in 16 Arab countries surveyed in late 2009‚ including Arab nationals and non-Arabic speakers in the region‚ according to the Arab Advisors Group‚ a research and consulting firm based in Amman‚ Jordan. The Arab Knowledge Report 2009 placed the number of Arabic-speaking Internet users at 60 million. Clearly‚ the region’s vast potential is recognized by Google‚ which sponsored its first
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In the Camp David Accord Israel agreed on giving full Palestinian control over the Gaza Strip and most of the West Bank. These would certain conditions such as: The state would not have an army with heavy weapons and Israel would lease areas in the Jordan Valley or maintain temporary sovereignty over them for up to 25 years. Palestinians rejected this treaty. Another huge problem is the concern about the Palestinian refugees. The problem about the refugee comes from the Israeli War of Independence
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