Debunking the Myths and Stereotypes in Middle-Eastern History PDF
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NCSS Yasemin Alptekin, Ph.D. November 13, 2009 Atlanta, GA “It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning.” Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French Physiologist Fertile Crescent and Crusades www2.lhric.org/.../ms/teachers/stabile/maps.htm Fertile Crescent and Ottoman Empire Middle-Eastern Countries • Bahrain • Egypt • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Palestine • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey • United Arab Emirates • Yemen Geography vs History Present Past Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes “Islam is a vast narrative moving thorough time, anchored by the birth of that community in Mecca and Medina fourteen centuries ago. The story includes many characters who are not Muslim and many events that are not religious. Jews and Christians and Hindus are part of this story. Industrialization is an element of the plot and so is the steam engine and discovery of oil. When you look at it this way, Islam is a vast complex of communal purposes moving through time, driven by its own internally coherent assumptions. And so is the west.” by Tamim Ansary (2009) Significance of the ME Region Religions Resources Geography History and News Hour • Turkey • Egypt • Iran • Iraq • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Syria • Palestine • Kuwait • Bahrein • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • United Arab Emirates • Yemen Question: In that diverse geography, with multiple civilizations , cultures, climates, with its people barrowing, moving in and out of the region, and with its longer than 1600 years of history….
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