ITS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Physical Geography
20 Dec 2017
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Suez crisis and mistrust of the west (1956) +defeated egyptian troops, but egyptians scuttled ships in the canal to block movement. +wanted to depose nasser, but the international community named the united. States and the ussr got pissed and pressured great britain, france and. In 2015: 4 million barrels of oil per day flew through the suez canal. Russia and the crime have deep historical ties. The crimea has been colonized/occupied by the romans, huns, byzantines, russians, Catherine the great cemented her power by fighting the ottomans and annexing some of their territory, which included crimea. 1991: when the ussr dissolved, crimea is officially a part of ukraine. Russia navy base in the crimea is 1 of 2 russian warm water ports in the world and is located in. 18% of the population is tartar (a historically oppressed group) Russia"s been hit with a lot of sanctions for takin over crimea. Russian currency has greatly depreciated compared to the dollar.
