GEOG120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Atlas Mountains, Sub-Saharan Africa, Islamic Fundamentalism
1 Oct 2017
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Chapter 7 southwest asia and north africa. Arab spring movements a series of public protests, strikes, and rebellions, often facilitated by social media, that have called for fundamental government and economic reforms. Israel- where jewish, christian, and islamic peoples have yet to resolve long-standing differences. Syria and iraq have been especially violent settings for instability brought by the sunni extremist organization (isil) Islamic state of iraq and the levant isil; isis; attempts to create a new religious state (caliphate) in the area. Islamic fundamentalism more broadly advocates a return to traditional practices within. Islam; conservative adherence to enduring beliefs within their creed; strongly resist change. Islamism challenges the encroachment of global popular culture and blames colonial, i(cid:373)perial, a(cid:374)d wester(cid:374) ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts for the regio(cid:374)"s politi(cid:272)al, e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272), a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s. Culture hearth producing new cultural ideas that subsequently diffuse widely. Important long-distance trade routes have connected north africa with the.
