Mahmoud Abbas

religious hearth

cultural hearth

Tigris-Euphrates Rivers / Mesopotamia

Fertile Crescent

Nile River / Egypt

OPEC

Persian Gulf

Imperialism

Nationalism

Fundamentalism

Israel's Neighbors Be prepared to identify the four countries that border Israel for Exam #1. You will be asked to list them on the exam-- and it definitely will be on the exam. For Map Quiz #1, you are responsible for actually locating them on a map (among others).

Lebanon

Syria

Jordan

Egypt