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Why do Southwest Asia and North Africa form a useful world region? What are some of the problems associated with defining the region? Southwest Asia and North Africa form a useful world reason because the countries that make it up are fairly similar in climate and culture, and in their wealth of oil. In terms of climate, this region consists mostly of desert, making this region useful in grouping these countries together. Culturally, this region is cited as the place the major world religions…

Trade between the countries was without a doubt the one key pivotal development in East Asia during 1500-1800. Weather a country stopped trade, limited trade, or expanded their trade it effected all of East Asia. Zheng He and the Chinese empire ruled the India Ocean trade, for many years. Before these voyages the Chinese had lost most relations with brother and sister countries. The successful trade within the India Ocean opened opportunities for the Chinese to win back the hearts and minds of…

Over the past 100 years the countries of the Middle East have experienced many major regime changes, wars, and societal upheavals. These events have shaped, and will continue to influence, the area for years to come. One notable effect that these changes have caused, is the alteration of art forms, and the scattering of artists to other Western nations in order to avoid persecution. Shirin Neshat and Ahmed Moustafa are two such artists who have emerged from the events of their respective…

For many countries people believe that getting water is as easy as going to a faucet, turning it on and grabbing a glass of clear water. For Iraq it is a different story and I am here to give a brief essay on how water is in Iraq. I will also cover where the water comes from and the struggle of having water in Iraq. There are two major rivers that flow through Iraq, the Tigris River and The Euphrates River. These rivers start in Turkey, flow through Syria before reaching Iraq. Both of…

democracy. 3. Describe the Arab Spring and explain why it occurred? Also, name some countries that experienced the Arab Spring. Arab Springs initiated a domino effect of both violent and non-violent protests, riots, and civil wars in the Middle East and parts of North Africa. Arab Spring demonstrators were mostly young, educated individuals who came out into streets to demand their rights. Some countries that experienced the Arab Spring was Yemen, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya,…

Battlefield 4 Battlefield 4 is a first-person shooter (FPS) set in modern day warfare. The game brings a sense of all out warfare and destruction to its players. Released originally on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC Battlefield is known for its realism and addictiveness. Create by a Swedish gaming development company (Dice) and published by EA in 2013. Battlefield 4 was one of the best battlefield games to be released by Dice due to its amazing graphics and overall variety in gameplay. Battlefield has a…

The lives of people in the West of Berlin were completely different to the lives of people in the East of Berlin. After WWII, Germany split up into states each one governed by one of the allies (the USA, France, England and the Soviet Union) all split equally over the country and capital city, Berlin. The Soviet Union decided to make their state into a communist run state, whereas the other three states decided to lead their states as a democracy much like their own. Due to this disagreement in…

Since the beginning of an organization ISIS have 143 attacks in 29 countries and have killed nearly 2,043 people (Lister). The enormous amount of terrorist attacks in the Middle East and all around the globe have been caused by this extremist group named ISIS. Some of these regions include Australia, North America, Middle East, North Africa, Asia and Europe. Since the creation of this extremist group in 1999 in Iraq the numbers of attacks have been climbing, but especially in these past few…

divided into East ad West regions. West Berlin was controlled by the United States, France, and Great Britain. It was under a capitalist government and had its own police, currency, and public…

Abd al Karim Qasim from its ruling. Under the Pan-Arab political ideology of Ba’athism; which promotes the unification of Arab Nations in order to restore the character of Arab societies; the regime built one of the largest armed forces in the Middle East. In 1979, Saddam Hussein, who was then the party assistant general secretary, instigated a coup and become the President of Iraq as well as the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC). Saddam Hussein autocracy dives the country into…