DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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Question
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The modern day nation of Israel would not exist on the older map.
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The modern day nation of Israel would exist on both maps.
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The modern day nation of Israel would not exist on both maps.
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They would both look exactly the same.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How do ancient maps of the Middle East differ from modern maps of the region? Ancient maps include physical features and civilizations that no longer exist today. Ancient maps focus on a larger physical area than modern maps do. Ancient maps focus on political features more than modern maps do.
Detailed explanation-2: -The departure of the European powers from direct control of the region, the establishment of Israel, and the increasing importance of the petroleum industry, marked the creation of the modern Middle East.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today the Middle East’s strategic location as a tricontinental hub, its vast petroleum reserves, its importance to Muslims, Christians, and Jews alike, and its many political disputes give it a global significance out of proportion to its size.
Detailed explanation-4: -Take a look at a map of the Middle East. One hundred years ago, on May 16, 1916, Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes and François Marie Denis Georges-Picot finished drawing it up.