North Africa/Southwest Asia:Water, Islam, and Oil Physical

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North Africa/Southwest AsiaWater, Islam, and Oil
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• Physical Features Lowland desert

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• Steppe Lands

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Atlas, Zagros and Elburz Mountains
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The Nile River Valley
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• Euphrates River and Tigris Rivers

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• Sahara Desert, Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter)

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• Cultural Hearths Mesopotamia

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• Islam Originated in the 7th century A.D

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Diffusion of Islam
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• The Five Pillars of Islam
• Belief in one God (Allah).
• Daily Prayer.
• Obligatory fasting during the daylight hours of
  Ramadan (one month).
• Almsgiving.
• Pilgrimage or "hajj" to Islamic holy places.

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Islamic Holy Places Mecca
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Medina
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Jerusalem
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• Sects of Islam
• The Sunni about 90 of the world community of
  Islam
• The Shi'ite Iran and Iraq
• Shari'a Islamic Religious Law
• Secular States - Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Iraq,
  Turkey, Tunisia
• Theocratic States Islam is the accepted religion
  and the state becomes a "defender of the faith."

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• Ottoman Empire Began in the 13th century
• European Colonization - began in the 1700s
• Protectorate vs. Colony

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• France Algeria, Syria, and Lebanon.
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• Great Britain Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, and
  Palestine.
• Italy Libya

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• Population Patterns
• Population 400 million doubling by 2030.
• Fertility Rates 3 4
• About 40 of the population are 15 or younger.

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• Migration
• Interregional Migration
• In-migration By 1990 about 70 of the Arabian
  Peninsula's labor force were immigrants.
• Migration to and from Israel
• Rural to Urban Migration - 60 live in urban
  areas. .

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