HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Most countries contain a single ethnic group.
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The Kurdish people do not have an ethnic homeland.
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Palestinians have been in frequent conflict with Egyptian settlers since the 1940s.
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Sunni and Shia Muslims disagree on religious matters but share power peacefully in many governments.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Southwest Asia has more than half of the world’s oil reserves, and oil is its greatest export. Some countries in Southwest Asia have little or no oil. These countries have a lower standard of living than do their oil-rich neighbors.
Detailed explanation-2: -This is one of the driest regions of the world. Why is Southwest Asia called the Middle East? Because it lies between Europe to the west and Asia to the east.
Detailed explanation-3: -The southwestern part of Asia is called by many names: West Asia, Western Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East or Near East. The southwestern-most part of Asia is a region at the crossroads between Asia, Africa, and Europe. The terms have to some extent a similar notion as ‘Middle East’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Arabic, spoken by Arabs, is the most widespread language in Southwest Asia. Other important languages include Turkish and Farsi, the language of Persians.