GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST: Middle East is one of the smallest regions in the world and has an area of 2‚780‚000 square miles and a population of 366 million as of the year 2004 (www.ce.byu.edu). The countries of this region lie towards the South-West of Asia and towards the North-Eastern part of Africa. The Middle East consists of: 1. Asian part of Turkey 2. Syria 3. Lebanon 4. Israel 5. Jordan 6. Iraq 7. Iran 8. Saudi Arabia 9. Yemen 10. Oman 11. Qatar 12. Bahrain 13
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In 1600‚ the East India Company acquired a charter from Queen Elizabeth I‚ granting it the sole right to trade with the East. The royal charter‚ however‚ could not prevent other European powers from entering the Eastern markets. By the time the first English ships sailed down the west coast of Africa‚ round the Cape of Good Hope‚ and crossed the Indian Ocean‚ the Portuguese had already established their presence in the western coast of India‚ and had their base in Goa. In fact‚ it was Vasco da Gama
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economic and social formation of the West‚ it was also essential to the West’s formation of both its own sense of itself – a ‘western’ identity – and of western forms of knowledge’ (Stuart Hall‚ ‘The West and the Rest: discourse and power’‚ in Formations of modernity‚ Stuart Hall and Bram Gieben (eds)‚ 1992‚ p. 138). Discuss with reference to the history of anthropology. The idea of ‘the west’ or ‘western’ culture is vague and has been for centuries. ‘The west’ is a very complex idea taking factors
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The Middle East Conflict The Middle East has been fighting for years. Throughout history‚ the land has been took‚ passed down‚ broken away and all around undecided about. Even to this day‚ the unresolved problems of the past still remain and will probably carry out into the future. Fights over Religion‚ oil‚ and land ownership often cause chaos and huge problems for those who live and reside in the Middle East. Constant fighting in the Middle East for years is still unresolved and the problems
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Jay Sammelmann Dr. Holzhauer UI350-01 4/24/13 Women of the Middle East The women of the Middle East are very interesting to look in to. They are not just another person or treated by the same standards like they are treated here in the United States. There is a lot of controversy and fighting for women’s rights throughout the Middle East. They have an extreme lack of power there and they are fighting to change that. It is not right that women are such inferior people over there because they
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faith. Taking into account the very controlling nature of the Middle East and their strict views on life‚ it’s not surprising that the Qur’an is taken very literal. As people living in the west‚ we must be considerate of these factors for the Middle Eastern people and must be careful on forcing our own ideals and visions on the people living in these regions; even so‚ the persecution of many minority groups congregated in the Middle East has become a very scorching hot topic every where. Mainly‚ those
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International Relations of the Middle East Fall 2014 Sunday and Wednesday 11:30-12:45 Dr. Gamal A. Gawad Soltan Office Hours: Sunday‚ Wednesday 10:00-11:00 Sunday 3:30-5:30 And By Appointment Office: HUSS 2036 Email: gsoltan@aucegypt.edu Course Description This course is designed to cover major aspects of interstate relations of the Middle East. These include the policies of major international actors towards the region‚ the relations between Middle East countries themselves and their
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The nations in what we today call the Middle East are entirely the invention of Britain‚ France‚ and‚ to a lesser extent‚ Russia. The national boundaries of Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ and Ibn Saud’s Arabia were all defined at a meeting in Uqair in late 1922. Three separate provinces - Basra‚ Baghdad‚ and Mosul - came under British control in 1918. The British called the entire area Mesopotamia‚ drew new national boundaries around it‚ and changed the name to Iraq. This meant that three very different groups were
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The economy of West Germany was created by the merger of the individual zones of the French‚ British and Americans powers to create a united economic entity for West Germany in 1948. The Western powers were instrumental in rejuvenating the economy of the newly formed state. They instituted measures such as ending price controls and putting a new currency in place. This was done not only to create an ally and trade partner but also to impress upon West German leaders that the nation would be a part
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