III. SYRIA, LEBANON, AND JORDAN

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Chapter 33

• III. SYRIA, LEBANON, AND JORDAN

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III. SYRIA, LEBANON, AND JORDAN

• A. Syria

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• A. Syria

Syria stretches from the Mediterranean coast to
the plains of Mesopotamia
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A. Syria

• Syria is working to develop modern agriculture

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A. Syria

• East of the coastal region cotton, wheat, and
  
  
• barley are key crops

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A. Syria

• Livestock is also important

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A. Syria

• In the Syrian Desert, Bedouin herders move their
  flocks with the seasons
  

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A. Syria

• Agricultural progress depends on developing water
  resources

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A. Syria

• The Euphrates River provides water for irrigation

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A. Syria

• Dams on the Euphrates have brought water to
  thousands of acres and provides electric power
  for industry

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A. Syria

• Syria is producing more basic consumer goods

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A. Syria

• Oil exports are small but new oil deposits are
• being developed in eastern Syria

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A. Syria

• Damascus is the capital and a center of Islamic
  civilization

Great Mosque of Damascus, Syria
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A. Syria

• Syria was a leader in the Arab opposition to
  Israel

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• B. Lebanon

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B. Lebanon

• Borders Syria and Israel and lies between the
  Med. coast and the Lebanon Mountains

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B. Lebanon

• Lebanon has one of the most modern and
  Westernized cultures in SW Asia

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B. Lebanon

• Periodic civil wars have been fought
• - Christians against Muslims
• - Among various Muslim factions

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B. Lebanon

• Foreign countries and the UN have tried to
• resolve the conflicts

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B. Lebanon

• Lebanon began to rebuild in the late 1990s,
• but still faces many problems

03/14/2007 - The ceasefire declared in August
between Israel and Lebanon was holding even
though each side had complained that terms of the
end of hostilities were not carried out, the UN
said Wednesday in a progress report.
The ceasefire was declared on August 14,
following more than a month of fierce fighting
between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah
fighters on Lebanese territory, mostly in the
south of the country. A UN peacekeeping operation
and thousands of Lebanese troops have been
monitoring the ceasefire in southern Lebanon.
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• C. Jordan

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C. Jordan

• Jordan became independent in 1946

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C. Jordan

• At the time of independence, less than
• 400,000 lived east of the Jordan River

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C. Jordan

• The Arab-Israeli conflict caused millions of
• Palestinians to move into Jordan

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C. Jordan

• Much of Jordans food must be imported

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C. Jordan

• Modern Jordan centers around the capital
• city Amman

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C. Jordan

• Economic growth and development are
• interwoven with the Arab-Israeli conflict

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C. Jordan

• Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty in
• 1994

Prime Minister Rabin of Israel President
Clinton King Hussein of Jordan in Washington, DC