Eastern Mediterranean Flashcards

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Turkey

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Ankara
•They have tried several times to be part of the European Union, but keep getting denied several times, because it would be a gateway into Europe, A gateway for middleeastern countries to enter Europe
•Kemeal Ataturk is the father of the Turks, e gave women right to vote, changed the alphabet into the modernized alphabet. Gave them more rights and freedom. In the early 30s

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Syria

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Damascus

•All of the people agree it’s the most concerning country for Terrorist

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Egypt

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Cairo
•Egypt and Israel does not get along because all the slavery from the Bible Pharaoh
Cairo
•Egypt and Israel does not get along because all the slavery from the Bible Pharaoh

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Jordan

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Amman

•Had no oil, only 3% is agriable, no industry, most people who live there go to work in the Persian Cities

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Israel

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Jerusalem
•The “Holy Cephlucar” is Christian’s noble site, because where Jesus died
•Whaling Wall or Western Wall is the holy site for Judaism
•The Noble Dome is the holy place for muslims. Where people say that Mohammed desceneded the latter to God

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Cyprus

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Nicosia

•Was part of British Empire until 1960, currently bankrupt

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Lebanon

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Beirut
•Was a paradise until the 1980s, big travel destinnation for Europe.
•Early 1984, was the second terriost attack against the US
•Was taken over the by the muslims in the early 1980s

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