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The Middle East has strategic importance in more than 2 ways:
1) It is a major source of oil and natural gas - which power the economy of the modern world
2) It covers the land area where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet - thus it is important for land transport between Europe and Africa and between Asia and Africa (yes - technically the middle east is part of Asia - but think of it in terms of transport between the Africa and the REST of Asia) and can be an important crossroads between Europe and Asia.
3) The Suez canal between the Mediterranean and the Indian ocean is located in the middle east. The land distance between the Mediterranean and Indian oceans is at its minimum in the middle east and thus it is important in water transportation of goods between Europe, and North Africa (on the Mediterranean) and all the countries that have ports on the Indian ocean - including India with its 1 billion plus people.
4) The middle east contains the holy sites of Islam which is a major world religion. Any threat to those sites can trigger major response from the roughly 1,571,198,000 (according to Wikipedia) Muslims spread throughout the world.
5) Since the middle east is the spiritual center for and the geographical origin of Islam, attitudes, policies, and religious doctrines originating there influence the rest of the Muslim world.
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What caused nationalism in the middle east?
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What were Two ways the Crusades contact with the Middle East changed European culture?
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Finding ways to eliminate human suffering.
Did the church look after the poor in the middle ages?
ii did in ways
Do Barclays Global Investors invest in the Middle East?
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Is it true or false all of the people of the middle east want to learn western ways?
False.
Do all the people in middle east want to learn western ways?
No. Most Middle Easterners, especially Arabs, wish to preserve their own cultural and religious values.
How did movements such as Islamism Wahhabism and Zionism contribute to unrest in the Middle East?
They divided people on the basis of religious beliefs, laws, and ways of life.
Who started christinty and where?
The Disciples Of Jesus started teaching people the ways of Jesus and This got more and more people and spread out from the middle east
How did centuries of invasion by outsiders contributed to cultural diffusion in the Middle East?
With the many invasions coming towards the Middle East, cultural diffusion would sometimes be stopped by the invaders forcing them to do things in different ways. Therefore, they could not spread their different cultures to others.
The National Strategy discusses the ways and means the Department of Defense will achieve its strategic objectives?
The National ______________ Strategy discusses the ways and means the Department of Defense will achieve its strategic objectives.
The National Strategy discusses the ways and means the Department of Defense will achieve its strategic objectives.?
The National ______________ Strategy discusses the ways and means the Department of Defense will achieve its strategic objectives.
Which three ways makes the middle east from a region?
IT'S A VERY EASY QUESTION.. WELL THE 3 MAJOR BRANCHES ARE...THEIR LANGUAGE,GEOGRAPHY, AND RELIGION
What city in the middle east is sectioned into four quarters and is special in different ways to Jews Christians and Muslims?
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What is the difference between conducting strategic planning and having a strategic mindset?
Conducting strategic planning means that you are planning ways to meet the strategic objectives of your organization. Having a strategic mindset refers to the way you think each day for work and in life.
What caused nationalism in the middle east?
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