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People in SW Asia
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Who is an Arab?• 75% of people in SW Asia
• Share a culture and language—Arabic
• Not all Arabs are Muslims (religion)
• Not all live in SW Asia
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Other People and Languages• Iran—Persian ethnic
group and Muslim (not Arab), large population
-speak Farsi and Arabic
• Turkey—Turks from central Asia, speak Turkish but use roman alphabet
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Minority Groups • Kurds, Armenians, Greeks, and Jews
• Often persecuted —Jews and the Holocaust
• Over 25 languages
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Religions of the Region• 90% Muslim – Sunni and Shiite divisions
• Christians scattered throughout
• Jews in Israel and a few in other countries
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Village Farmers
• Sown land --farmable, river valleys, mountain sides, lots of irrigation
• Desalination –taking the salt out of salt water• Fertigation –watering directly to the roots of
plants
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Desert Herders• Bedouins –nomads that carry goods or
herd in the desert, often with camels
• Skilled at desert travel, finding water
• Way of life is dying out due to technology