Southwest Asia North Africa How Muslim women dress

Southwest Asia & North Africa How Muslim women dress: http: //www. pewresearch. org/facttank/2014/01/08/what-is-appropriateattire-for-women-in-muslimcountries/#utm_content=buffer 02 a 88&u tm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter. com&utm_campaign=buffer

Mesopotamia “The Fertile Crescent” 3000 BCE Sumerians built first known cities in Mesopotamia. Over the years - civilizations repeatedly developed, collapsed & were replaced. 550 BCE Persians established an empire here where Iran is today.

Mesopotamia (The Fertile Crescent)

Nile River 1) Where are most cities located? 2) Why?

Jerusalem – The Holy City • Jerusalem - ancient city that has been fought over for thousands of years. • This is partly because it is a place of religious importance for Christians, Muslims & Jews. • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=hk. Kyt. H CHCYI

Arab/Israeli Conflict • After WWII Jewish people were escaping from Germany. • Many owned nothing and had stepped straight out from Hitler’s death camps. • They sought refuge in Israel, Holy Land for Jews as well as Muslims & Christians. • Both Jews and Arabs wanted control of this land. Both had claims and they have been fighting for control of this land since. (Muslims & Jews) Irael Palestine Conflict- https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=4 r 1 Em. Eni 2 Rw • • Iron Dome https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=e. M 1 FIWEj 0_I

Iran Revolution: 1979 • Shah (King): brutal & corrupt. • 1979 People were protesting for the Shahs removal. He fled the country. • Today Iran has a Constitutional Theocracy (Islamic religious law).

9/11 & The War in Afghanistan 2001 • On the morning of September 11, 2001 four US airplanes were hijacked by terrorists. • 2 planes were flown in to the World Trade Center buildings in NYC, 1 plane was flown into the Pentagon and the other was taken back over by the passengers & crash landed in a field killing all passengers onboard, but preventing the plane from flying into another building. • The attacks resulted in the deaths of 2, 996 people (19 of which were the hijackers) • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=g. LBEYx 1 b e. YM

World Trade Center Buildings

9/11 Attacks on the US Pentagon

The Afghanistan War after 9/11 • The US invaded Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to remove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan. • The US demanded that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden, the man behind the 9/11 attacks but the Taliban refused. • On May 2, 2011, US Navy Seals found & killed Osama bin Laden at his home in Pakistan.

US Invasion of Iraq 2003 • 2003: US invaded Iraq "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's (their leader) support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people. ”

US Invasion of Iraq 2003 • 2005: CIA report - no weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq. • Nov 2006: Hussein found guilty by an Iraqi court of torture & murder crimes & sentenced to death by hanging. • Dec 2011: The last of the American troops out of Iraq – established a parliamentary democracy gov’t

Economy • Middle East economies range from being very poor (Gaza, Yemen) to extremely wealthy (Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia). • Israel is the most technologically advanced of the Middle Eastern countries.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) • Former British protectorate • Oil rich • Documentary - https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 BXGh 0 EYJt. E • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Fxa 0 UDe. U 7 t 0 • Palm Islands & The “World”: Artificial peninsulas constructed of sand dredged from the Persian Gulf.

Dubai, UAE Before and After

Aswan High Dam Purpose: to control the floodwaters, & harness hydroelectric power. • Before: The Nile flooded annually. The flooding provided nutrients that enriched the soil making the Nile floodplain ideal for farming. • After: flooding was controlled, however, the farmers lost natural fertilizer brought by the flooding Nile.

The Arab Spring “Those who do not love me do not deserve to live” Muammar al-Gaddafi: in power between 1969 -2011 in Libya https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=j. AEix 8 -Zk 2 U

ISIS: Islamic State of Iraq & Syria Sharia Law – https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=sj. JVO 8 GASmw ISIS- http: //www. cnn. com/interactive/2014/09/world/isis-explained/