The Middle East

North Africa

Southwest Asia And North

Africa

SMALLEST COUNTRY IN NORTH AFRICA

10.7 BILLION PEOPLE

While most Tunisians are Muslim there are also large Christian and Jewish communities.

Population: 61,799,000

Language: Turkish,

Kurdish, Arabic

Religion: Sunni Muslim

Greeks

A Land of Many

Histories

Europeans: Crusaders

Bedouins

Romans and Ottomans

Over half the people of Turkey are farmers.

This market is in

Damascus. One of the

oldest continuously

occupied cities in the

world.

Syria is an ancient land with ancient ways of life.

Today Syria ships many items

to Mediterranean

markets.

Syria – A territory of the Roman Empire when Rome ruled the Mediterranean Basin

Home to the oldest cultures in the world.

Iraq and Islam hold a long history together.

Modern Iraq has been beset by war for decades.

Kurdish Refugees from the U.S. / Iraq war. Fleeing the

rule of Sadam Hussein.700,000 Iranians died in an 8 year

war with Iraq

(1980 – 1988)

IRAN

Straight of HormuzThe Iranian government has recently been threatening to disrupt the

flow of oil through the Straight. This has brought international attention as more than %20 of the world’s oil supply goes through there.

Persepolis: Home of the Persian Kings. Burned by Alexander the Great (A Greek)

Iran - Where old and new live side by side.

Turkman Home: A nomadic people.

Capital City: Tehran

King Faud University Sheriton Hotel

Traditional Door Designer

Birthplace of Islam - Mecca

Oman became rich in 300 A.D. through its part in the spice trade.

Sultan’s Palace Oman

Capital of Sultan Quaboos Sin Said

Qatar and DubaiOil has transformed the traditional society and way of life of these two small countries

Israel is home to three of the world’sLargest religions: Islam, Christianity,And Judaism.

Israel is also involved in a decades old conflict between the PalestiniansIsraelis.

Algeria Algeria, like all

north African countries, was colonized by the Romans, Ottoman Turks and Europeans to name a few.

place

Place: arid and on the Mediterranean coast.

Algeria is home to many different ethnic groups such as the Berbers and the denizens of

the casbah.

Egypt

Libya

Desert landscape in Libya; 90% of the country is desert

The infrastructure of Libya's capital Tripoli has benefited from the country's oil wealth.

Roman amphitheater

Morocco

Sudan

The humanitarian crisis in

Greater Darfur, Sudan

humanitarian crisis in Greater Darfur, Sudan

Whirling Dervish dancer before performance, Khartoum

Ferry pushing men, bus and burro across Blue Nile River

Tunisia

Western Sahara

The Region:

Afghanistan

Qatar

Lebanon

Jordan

Syria

Turkey