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When israel declared itself an independent nation why did countries act militarily?
1948 by U.N decision. War broke as some Arab countries didn't like the idea of Jewish settlement in the middle east.
The middle east contains portions of what 3 continents?
The Middle East is considered to consist of the countries that lie between Africa on the west and Central Asia on the north and east. Those countries include:BahrainEgypt (part of Egypt lies within the Arabian Peninsula)IranIraqJordanLebanonOmanPalestineQatarSyriaTurkeyUnited Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain)YemenOther Arabic countries that are in Africa, such as Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco are not considered to be part of the middle east because, though Arabic and tied very much into the culture, they are confined to Africa. Likewise, countries that are primarily Muslim, but are properly part of Central Asia, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are also not in the Middle East.
What term refers to a government that is believed to rule under divine guidance in the Middle East?
The Middle East has no corollary to the East Asian idea of "Mandate of Heaven". There are governments in the Middle East that are ruled according to religious precepts by clerics and are therefore called Theocracies, but theocracy is not unique to the Middle East. Much of Medieval Europe and Africa was theocratic.
What are the modern countries in the Middle East?
The countries which are typically considered the Middle East are; Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel/Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Iraq, and Iran. There is often confusion over countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, however, these countries are considered to be in Central Asia. Also, some North African countries (Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, and Algeria) are sometimes called the Middle East because they are mostly Arab/Islamic, however only Egypt is considered to be in North Africa AND the Middle East. Answers may vary because the Middle East is more of an idea than a specific geographic entity with some people considering all Arab or Islamic countries to be the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is modern on the eastern side for the most part despite its bad human rights record. The United Arab Emirates is one of the most modern countries in the Arab world. Israel is very modern, as well as the northern-most parts of Egypt including Cairo. Lebanon is becoming very modernized indeed, especially in Beirut. Also, India is modernizing at a rapid rate.
Is burping in some cultures a compliment?
In most western cultures burping is considered rude. However, people in the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia often burp after a meal as a compliment to the chef and a sign that they have eaten well and enjoyed your meal. Probably not a good idea to try it outside of these countries.
What cultures support the idea of arranged marriages?
Arranged marriage is mostly supported in Asia Commonly in the Middle East and India
What industries are hiring engineers in the Middle East?
Industries that are hiring in the Middle East will most likely be energy-related, like the oil industries. It would be a good idea to go find employment agencies or headhunters to find more specific information.
How did Japan win support from other Asian countries?
They tried to win support with the anti-colonialist idea of "East Asia for the Asiatics."
Whose idea was operation dynamo?
it was winston churchills idea
Whose idea was the wooden horse?
Odysseus got the idea.
What was it called before it was the Middle East?
The Middle East as a unified land-region only came out of the Middle Ages and the redefinition of the world into Christendom and the Islamic World. Before that point, the Middle East was not a unified region and never referred to as such. The Arabian Peninsula was disregarded completely until the Rise of Islam and was called (and still called) by the natives Jazirat Al-Arabiya (جزيرة العربية ) which means the Arabian Isle. Most of the remainder of the Middle East was part of the Eastern Roman Empire or was part of Persia. The terms Mesopotamia and Levant were quite common in that period as well. When the Arabs controlled all of the Middle East and North Africa, they termed their control in two general regions of the Maghreb (مغرب) and Mashriq (مشرق) which mean the Western and Eastern Regions. The Mashriq refers to the general Arab area in Asia whereas the Maghreb refers to Africa. However, the idea of a geopolitical idea of a region that has vertices at Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and Yemen is a medieval/modern conception that has only really been referred to as the Middle East.
Is spreading a democracy in the Middle East a bad idea?
It depends on how the "spreading" will occur and where in the Middle East you choose to do the spreading as to what effect it will have. Whether or not to spread democracy in the first place is a personal view, but there is no reason why Western countries cannot use the power of their economies and benefits of membership in international treaties to push Middle Eastern states in the right directions. For example, a number of Middle Eastern countries receive AID from Western countries and for some of them, like Egypt, their economies would sink without that extra foreign cash injection. If Western countries made those AID payments contingent on respecting minority rights and having free and fair elections, that could help push for democracy in the Middle East. Tunisia just approved a democratic constitution and should be supported through free trade agreements and foreign direct investment. These are effective carrots to promote democratic ideals in the Middle East. Conversely, invading Middle Eastern countries militarily is not effective and will simply result in the invader bein named as an imperialist colonizer. Some countries in the Middle East that are non-democratic, such as Iran, have the cultural infrastructure and civil society to nurture a democracy. The tragedy of Iran is that it is currently ruled as an authoritarian state when its people are completely capable of ruling effectively as a democracy. However, many Middle Eastern States have conflicts that derive from the tribal mentality that is present in these states. The system as set up in numerous Middle Eastern countries, such as Libya and Iraq is that each person has sole loyalty to his tribal leader and not to a national government. Each tribe promises its members better conditions at the expense of the conditions of a different tribe. One tribe ascends to power and forcibly represses the other tribes to make good on its promise. This lack of respect for countermajoritarian protections and minority rights runs counter to the understanding of liberal democracy. Additionally, many Middle Eastern countries have low literacy and education rates which prevents people from being able to select candidates effectively.
