MIDEAST 207 Lecture 1: Mideast 207 Lecture 1
22 Oct 2018
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We land on the eastern side of the sea. From the western to the eastern edge, the sea is 2700 miles. North to south is 800 miles at its widest. North: spain, france, italy, the balkans, greece, turkey (asia minor) South: egypt (the nile is important), libya, tunisia, algeria, morocco. East: the middle east: the eastern shores of the mediterranean (the middle east) New term, given by europeans in-between europe and asia. Debate about its derogatory status the people are in between and unimportant. Turkey (debatable), syria, lebanon, israel/palestine (autonomy), sinai desert, Jordan, saudi arabia (for the most part), tigris river and euphrates iraq, Water mediterranean, the red sea, the gulf of suez, the gulf of eilat and. Aqaba, persian gulf, the caspian sea, tigris and euphrates rivers, the black. Between the caspian sea and the persian gulf is iran. Mesopotamia iraq: the geographical units.
