1. CH. 22 PART1 THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

2. HOME TO THE HOLIEST CITY IN ISLAM--MECCA
CENTER OF ISLAM
PENINSULA COUNTRIES OF BAHRAIN, OMAN, YEMEN, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
HOME TO THE HOLIEST CITY IN ISLAM--MECCA

3. STRONG FAMILY TIES LED TO RIVALRIES AND COMPETITION FOR GRAZING LAND
TOWN AND DESERT
REGION WAS CENTER OF TRADE BETWEEN EUROPE, AFRICA, AND ASIA
NOMADIC DWELLERS MOVED FROM OASIS TO OASIS
STRONG FAMILY TIES LED TO RIVALRIES AND COMPETITION FOR GRAZING LAND

4. WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CLIP AND WRITE DOWN THE FIVE PILLARS OR BELIEFS OF ISLAM.

6. THEOCRACY WHAT IS A THEOCRACY?
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE RELIGIOUS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN A THEOCRACY?
LOOK ON PAGE 505. WHICH COUNTRY IN SOUTHWEST ASIA IS A THEOCRACY TODAY?

7. ISLAM SPREADS TRADING CARAVANS BROUGHT ISLAM TO NORTHERN AFRICA
MUSLIM ARMIES CONQUERED SOUTHERN EUROPE (SPAIN AND PORTUGAL), BRINGING THE RELIGION TO EUROPE
TRADE WITH INDIA BROUGHT THE RELIGION TO THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASIA

8. COLONIALISM
WHEN COUNTRY CONQUERS AND CONTROLS A NATION AS ITS COLONY, IT IS CALLED COLONIALISM
AFTER WORLD WAR I, THE FORMER OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS DIVIDED BY FRANCE AND BRITAIN

9. TURKEY WAS GIVEN TO
THE OTTOMAN TURKS
FRANCE TOOK LEBANON
AND SYRIA
BRITAIN CONTROLLED
THE SINAI AND WHAT
WAS LATER KNOWN
AS ISRAEL, THEN CALLED
PALESTINE

10. THE SUEZ CANAL WAS OF STRATEGIC VALUE.
WHICH TWO WATERWAYS DOES THIS MANMADE CANAL CONNECT?
WHY WOULD CONTROL OF THIS CANAL BE IMPORTANT?

11. SAUDI ARABIA
SAUDI LEADER IBN SAUD UNITED THE TRIBAL GROUPS OF THE DESERT UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.
DESCENDENTS OF THIS KING TODAY NUMBER IN THE THOUSANDS.
HIS SON, KING ABDULLAH, STILL RULES THE COUNTRY TODAY.

12. OIL CHANGES LIFE ON THE PENINSULA
THE DISCOVERY OF OIL IN 1932
CHANGED
ARABIAN LIFE FOREVER.
OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES FORMED
A COALITION CALLED OPEC,
THE ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM
EXPORTING COUNTRIES.
THIS GROUP SETS WORLDWIDE OIL
PRICES AND PRODUCTION.
LOOK ON PAGE 505. WHAT PROJECTS
WERE DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE
WEALTH OF OIL REVENUES?

13. Oil Wealth in the Middle East
Here are some examples of the wealth that oil brings to countries on the Arabian peninsula

14. The Middle East

15. United Arab Emirates GDP for 2005 was $104.2 billion
30% of the GDP comes from oil and natural gas production ($31.26 billion in 2005)
Export 2.5 million barrels of oil per day
The U.A.E. is the largest oil supplier to Japan

32. Iraq

33. Iraq Economy is dominated by oil
Oil exports are 95% of Iraq’s foreign exchange
GDP for 2005 was $46.5 billion
Export 1.42 million bbl/day

34. One of Saddam’s Palaces

35. Another of Saddam’s Palaces - Basra

36. Saddam’s Wife’s Palace in Baghdad

37. Another palace – outside of Baghdad

38. Kuwait

39. Kuwait 10 % of the world’s oil reserves are controlled by Kuwait
Oil money is nearly ½ of the GDP
GDP of 2005 was billion
Exports 721,000 bbl/day

41. Qatar

42. Qatar 60% of GDP is from oil Controls 5% of world’s reserves
GDP for 2005 was $30.17 billion
Produces 790,300 bbl/day

44. U.S. and M.E. Oil
Saudi Arabia is the 3rd largest oil supplier to U.S. (1.335 million bbl/day in Jan. 05)
Iraq is the 6th largest – .532 million bbl/day
Kuwait is 14th largest – 73 million bbl/day