GEOG 1000 Lecture 14: Geo Lecture 14
1 Dec 2016
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North africa has more in common politically, culturally, & environmentally w/ the middle east than africa south of the sahara. Similar-but not identical-religion & culture: religion & culture: islam, also characterized by diversity language & culture: arabic. Saudi arabia has an official religion; turkey is secular country (political) ecology: abundance of oil (primarily in middle east) Has made mena a region of global significance. Arid- scarce water resources: water in the region is being overused-used more quickly than it can be replaced, climate change, sudan-economic scarcity-can"t afford water. Historical meeting ground of europe, africa, asia (meeting of the continents) Development & diffusion of great cultural innovations (early globalization: writing, mathematics, cultural-religious systems (islam, judaism, christianity, fertile crescent=home to the world"s oldest and greatest empires, urban development: cities. How europeans created an idea of the orient . Orientalist scholars in the 18th and 19th centuries.
