Transcript ch. 22 section 2

CH. 22 SECTION 2
THE EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN
THREE WORLD
RELIGIONS
CLAIM THIS
REGION
AS THEIR HOLY
LAND:
JUDAISM
CHRISTIANITY
ISLAM
JEWS AND ARABS
THIS HISTORY OF
THIS AREA IS
ROOTED IN THE
CONFLICTS
BETWEEN LAND
CLAIMS OF THE
JEWS AND
MUSLIMS
THE MUSLIMS BELIEVE THAT MUHAMMED ROSE INTO
HEAVEN ON THE SITE OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK.
JERUSALEM
What is the Jews’ claim to
Jerusalem?
HOW WAS THE STATE OF
ISRAEL FORMED?
BEFORE
WORLD
WAR I
THE OTTOMAN
TURKS
CONTROLLED
THE LAND
DURING WORLD WAR I,
BRITAIN ENLISTED
THE SUPPORT OF THE
ARABS TO FIGHT
GERMANY
AND THE OTTOMAN
TURKS
IN THE DESERT
1914-1917
IN RETURN,
THE ARABS
WERE ASSURED
THAT THEY
WOULD
BE REWARDED
WITH A
HOMELAND
TIME LINE
1922
AFTER WORLD WAR
I, THE TURKS LOST
AND HAD TO GIVE UP
THE LAND TO
ENGLAND, FRANCE,
US, AND RUSSIA
ENGLAND AND
FRANCE
CONTROLLED
THE EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN
1930s
ARABS IN THE
FRENCHCONTROLLED
LANDS
REBELLED
LOOK AT THE MAP ON PAGE 512
WHICH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CONTROLLED
WHICH COUNTRIES HERE?
PALESTINE?_____________
TRANSJORDAN?__________
SYRIA?________________
LEBANON?__________________
What about Palestine?
The British strictly controlled the
region around Jerusalem, called
Palestine.
Slowly, Jews emigrated here and
formed a new movement called
ZIONISM.
What were the goals of Zionism?
– To create a Jewish homeland in
Palestine
– To reclaim the lands that they
believed were given them by
God in the Torah
What happened to the Britain’s
promise to the Arabs?
AFTER WORLD WAR II, IN 1945,
THE HORRORS OF THE
HOLOCAUST BECAME PUBLIC
BECAUSE OF THE
STRUGGLES OF THE JEWS IN
EUROPE, THE UNITED
NATIONS AGREED TO FORM
THE NATION OF ISRAEL IN
PALESTINE IN 1948
THE ARABS REFUSED TO
SHARE THE LAND WITH THE
JEWS AND REJECTED THE
EXISTENCE OF THE NEW
COUNTRY OF ISRAEL.
Palestinian Liberation Organization
(PLO_
FORMED IN THE 1960s, THE P.L.O. PURSUED POLITICAL,
MILITARY, AND TERRORIST MEANS TO REGAIN THE LANDS
THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THEM TO FORM THE NATION OF
ISRAEL.
OVER THE YEARS, THE P.L.O. HAS SIGNED PEACE TREATIES
WITH ISRAEL, BUT MANY OF THE ARABS REMAIN AS
REFUGEES.
CIVIL WARS
LEBANON AND CYPRUS HAVE
EXPERIENCED CIVIL WARS.
IN 1982, ISRAEL ENTERED LEBANON
AND TOOK CONTROL OF LAND
THERE UNTIL 2000.
JORDAN IS A MONARCHY, BUT IS
THE POOREST NATION IN THE
REGION AND HAS THE LARGEST
PALESTINIAN POPULATION, MANY
IN REFUGEE CAMPS.
MODERN LIFE
CLIMATE IN THE REGION IS MILD
CITRUS AND OTHER CROPS ARE
GROWN WITH IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
BECAUSE OF CONFLICTS, SOME ROADS
AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS MUST
BE REBUILT
LOOK AT THE TOP OF PAGE 514
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT
THE ISRAELI ARMY FROM THE
U.S. ARMY?
DAILY LIFE IN THE REGION INCLUDES MOST MEALS
EATEN AT HOME
TEA AND COFFEE ARE SERVED
DINNER IS EATEN LATE, SOMETIMES AROUND 10
OR 11 P.M.
THE HOST OF A DINNER DOES NOT EAT WITH THE
GUESTS, SO THAT HE CAN BETTER SERVE THEM
DURING THE MEAL
OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS
BESIDES MUSLIMS AND
JEWS, CHRISTIANS LIVE
HERE
A PRIVATE SECT CALLED
THE DRUZE LIVE IN ISRAEL
AND SYRIA
THE CHRISTIAN MARONITES
WHO FOLLOW ORTHODXY
CHRISTIANITY LIVE IN
LEBANON
BEDOUINS ARE ARABS WHO
PREFER TO REMAIN AS
NOMADS IN THE DESERTS
OF THE REGION