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MIDDLE EAST TERMS TO KNOW Judaism Jewish Jew Christianity Christian Christian Islam Islamic Muslim Palestine = old name for what is now Israel & West Bank & Gaza Strip Palestinians =Arabs now living in the West Bank & Gaza Strip (former Palestine) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MIDDLE EAST TERMS TO KNOWJudaism Jewish JewChristianity Christian ChristianIslam Islamic Muslim
Palestine = old name for what is now Israel & West Bank & Gaza Strip
Palestinians =Arabs now living in the West Bank & Gaza Strip (former Palestine)
Israelis = Jews living in Israel
Ethnicity = relating to a human group having racial, religious, linguistic, and other traits in common
Culture = beliefs, social norms, and traits of a racial, religious, or social group; the features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time
SUMMARY: The Middle East through Time
1000 BC Jews make Palestine/Israel their homeland
132 AD Jews kicked out of Palestine/Israel by Romans
300 AD Ottoman Turks (Arabic Muslims) move into Palestine/Israel
1100 AD “Crusades” =Christians enter Palestine/Israel
1939-45 AD WWII = Jews persecuted all over Europe; Jews travel to Palestine/Israel
SUMMARY: The Middle East through Time
1947 AD The UN divides Palestine/Israel into two states-Arab & Jew
1948 AD Jews make their part of Palestine into “Israel” = 1st Arab/Israeli War between Arab Palestinians & Jewish Israelis Results:
• ISRAEL GAINS TERRITORY• ARAB PALESTINIANS ARE REFUGEES• MORE JEWS COME TO ISRAEL
1964 AD Egypt’s Nasser creates PLO & fighting begins(Palestinian Liberation Organization)
SUMMARY: The Middle East through Time
1967 AD Six Day War = 2nd Arab/Israeli WarResults:
• ARABS DISCOURAGED• ISRAEL’S SIZE TRIPLES• ISRAEL NOW CONTROLS WEST BANK ARABS
1973 AD Yom Kippur War = 3rd Arab/Israeli WarResults:
• ISRAELIS REMINDED NOT INVINCIBLE • ARABS FEEL STRONGER• PLO SEEKS VIOLENCE• SADAT SEEKS DIPLOMACY= US INVOLVEMENT=EGYPT REGAINS SINAI PENINSULA & BECOMES 1ST ARAB COUNTRY TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL
Israel and Palestine: The Roots of Conflict (23 min)http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=e542c263-898d-4408-b4f2-e53be7469e5f
Reason #1
I. Limited WaterMajor Rivers
○ Tigris River and Euphrates Rivertogether form
“Mesopotamia” – meaning land between rivers
Because of annual flooding this area has rich farm land which is why it is also know as the “Fertile Crescent.” - This is believed to be
the location of the first great civilization – The Babylonians
Mesopotam
ia
Jordan
Nile
Limited Water Continue
Jordan River
Water supply for western part of the region and important for religious reasons to Judaism and Christianity.
Reason #2II. OIL• Persian Gulf
region produces more oil than any other location on earth.– The Soviet Union
tried to capture oil fields in 1945.
– The U.S. have been protecting oil interest for many years.
OIL - continues
O.P.E.C – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Group of oil producing countries that agree on the prices they will sale their oil.
Why is that a problem?
REASON #3 RELIGION
GODReligion that worships only
ONE God is called?
Monotheism
Abraham
Jacob – name was changed to ISRAEL
12 sons (TRIBES) of ISRAEL
Moses – wrote the Torah
Through King David a savior (Messiah)
JUDAISM 3000 B.C.
Isaac - Second born from wife Sarah
Bible
CHRISTIANITY 33 A.D.
Ishmael – First born from wife Ahaggar
ARAB NATIONS
Prophet Muhammad
ISLAM 610 A.D
JESUS
Koran (Qur’an)
NO PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST; REASON #4Land Disputes: Jerusalem
• Jews most holy city - Solomon's temple.• Christian’s holy city - Christ was killed outside its walls• Islam’s third most holy city- Muhammad was taken there
by Angel Gabriel
ISRAEL: Land Disputes About 1000 B.C. Hebrew/Jewish people
established homeland.
(Diaspora = removal of Jews from this land) 587 B.C. First Diaspora
(removed by Babylon) return in 538 B.C. 132 A.D. Second Diaspora
(removed by Romans) 300 A.D. Palestinians/Ottomans move in
after Rome falls. 600 A.D. Islam is introduced 1099-1187 A.D. Christian conquest
(Crusades) 1948 A.D. Israel reestablished after
Holocaust and Jews return to land. 1967 A.D. 6 Day War = Israel gains land
ABC News Fundamentalism and Terrorism Part 3: Israel, A Case Study (20 min)
http://montage.allenisd.org/SAFARI/montage/play.php?keyindex=57534&location=local&filetypeid=2
Jerusalem - History of the Holy Land (50 min)
http://montage.allenisd.org/SAFARI/montage/play.php?keyindex=25195&location=local&filetypeid=3