status as a caliphate‚ it claims religious authority over all Muslims across the world and aspires to bring most of the Muslim-inhabited regions of the world under its political control beginning with territory in the Levant region which includes Jordan‚ Israel‚ Palestine‚ Lebanon‚ Cyprus and part of southern Turkey. The group has been described by the United Nations and Western and Middle Eastern media as a terrorist group and has been designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States
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In 1980 Iraq invaded Iran‚ I distinctly remember this because we were in the U.S. when we heard the news. My Father decided we had to get back to Baghdad. We found out that the Baghdad airport had been bombed. This meant we had to fly to Amman in Jordan and went for a torturous overnight drive‚ on wooden plank seats in a vehicle that was more like a truck than a bus‚ from Amman to Baghdad. Saddam Hussein started this war‚ but before the war‚ Baghdad was actually prospering‚ yes he ruled with an iron
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Working Paper no. 45 -Regional and Global Axes of Conflict - NOTHING BUT FAILURE? THE ARAB LEAGUE AND THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL AS MEDIATORS IN MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICTS Marco Pinfari London School of Economics and Political Science March 2009 Crisis States Working Papers Series No.2 ISSN 1749-1797 (print) ISSN 1749-1800 (online) Copyright © M. Pinfari‚ 2009 Crisis States Research Centre Nothing but Failure? The Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council as Mediators in Middle
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Contents Letter of Transmittal 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 7 Introduction to Arab Spring 9 Definition 9 Origin of the term 9 Countries involved 10 General History of Arab 10 Conquests and Expansion of Arabs: 11 Union of Arab Countries – The Arab League: 11 The Arab Common Market: 12 Rising Disputes: 12 Arab Cold War: 13 Various Conflicts: 13 Arab-Israeli conflict: 13 Iran-Iraq war: 13 Lebanese Civil War: 14 Western Sahara War: 14 Yemen Civil War: 15 Somali Civil War
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Sidon‚ present day Lebanon and Syria.|Trade‚ farming | Hebrews |Each tribe set up separate governments connected by their customs.|2000 BCE|King David|Hebrews migrated to a region known as Canaan‚ roughly corresponding to present-day Israel‚ western Jordan‚ southern Syria‚ and southern Lebanon.|Free religion| Babylonians |Highly-developed court system. One of its greatest rulers‚ Hammurabi‚ developed a code of laws that is now known as Hammurabi’s Code. This major collection of laws gives insight into
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countries where Arabic is the dominant language. • Arab countries are religiously and ethnically diverse with Islam being the dominant religion in most countries. • 22 Arab countries/areas: Algeria‚ Bahrain‚ the Comoros Islands‚ Djibouti‚ Egypt‚ Iraq‚ Jordan‚ Kuwait‚ Lebanon‚ Libya‚ Morocco‚ Mauritania‚ Oman‚ Palestine‚ Qatar‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Somalia‚ Sudan‚ Syria‚ Tunisia‚ United Arab Emirates‚ and Yemen. • Iran and Turkey are not Arab countries. ARAB GEOGRAPHY The Arab “homeland” stretches some 5‚000
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interactions allows animals to share scattered shade trees under which they may spend 8 of the daylight hours in the summer heat. Around 1800 the Arabian oryx was thought to have occurred over most of the Arabian Peninsula (which includes modern Israel‚ Jordan‚ Syria‚ Iraq‚ portions of Egypt (Sinai Peninsula)‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Oman‚ Yemen‚ United Arab Emirates‚ Bahrain‚ Kuwait and Qatar). By 1970 it was found only in the southeastern regions of the Rub’ al Khali desert on the Arabian Peninsula. The last one
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The British Empire was the largest the world had known. It was said “the sun never sets on the British Empire‚” as it was so large it covered all time zones. Britain had a small population and army so governing was done by inflicting a devastating military defeat on the conquered nation. The defeat was so great that would be no future resistance. It had the desired effect of scaring the locals into doing anything they could to maintain Britain’s favor. This kept the peace. Part of this would
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faces Iran across the Gulf and borders Qatar and United Arab Emirates to the east‚ and Egypt‚ Sudan and Eritrea across the Red Sea to the west. In the south‚ it borders on Yemen and Oman. Its most crucial borders are in the north‚ where it meets Iraq‚ Jordan and Kuwait. Capital: Riyadh Riyadh Features: Major Highways Airports Malls and Large Infrastructures Surrounded by the countries main ports Shipping Ports:
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The rise of religious fundamentalism in the Middle East mostly had a negative impact on regional security from 1970 to 2000. There were many reasons for the rise and it was mainly due to the Islamic fundamentalism as they were described as a turning point. Regional security refers to the security concerns and well being of the regional states in the Middle East. Religious fundamentalism was initially caused by the desire to recreate the golden age of the religion and improving the present‚ yet
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