GGR100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Kyrgyzstan, Greater Middle East
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Lecture 6 - cities of greater middle east. It is very stretched across, and has many countries that border wit asia, europe and africa. Many national, lingustic and cultral differences are seen in middle east. It is impossible to talk about the cities of this region, witout talking about islam first. The cities that were influenced by the islam, the mosque, Very complex region and hard to generalize. Role of islam in making this region. These coutnreis associated with language and culture, and lots of sub-division that occur in islam itself. Influence of natioanl culture is important at complicating this region. There different culture overlap, that sort of associate with religion and language. Water - is been very impotant, to determine the issues of growth. Historically determines location of cities (rivers and seaports) More recently has been subject to conflict. Harnessing it has been symbolic of modernity in middle east.
