GGS 101 Lecture 9: 10/24/17 notes

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Geography and Geoinformation Science
• Course: GGS 101
• Professor: Ian Ward

Document Summary

Islamic law replaced by a modified western code. Monogamy made law; emancipation of women begins. The capital is moved from constantinople (istanbul) to ankara which is. Turkey is a multicultural society historic problems with minorities (armenians located in the center of the country and kurds) kurds make up of the population. Northern half: 37% turkish cypriot government, strong turkish influence, are refers to itself as the turkish republic of northern cyprus, but only turkey recognizes this. The other 4% is land by the united nations to keep the peace between north and: center of former persian empire, important relative location; access to caspian sea, gulf of oman, and the persian. Khomeini; and us/ iran relations strained ever since: the shah of iran removed from power in 1979 by the party of the ayatollah, 90% of the revenue comes from petroleum and petroleum products, known as persia until 1935. Uss vincennes and iran air flight 655 (july 3rd, 1988)