N. Africa & SW Asia:
Region - EMPIRE STATES

Physical Geography
Cultural Geography
Economic Geography
Historical Geography

Physical Geography

• mountains and plateaus [nwelev]
• climate less dry [climate] [precip]

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Cultural Geography

• non-Arabic [lang]
• Islamic [relig]
• Turkey is a secular state
• Iran
  • Shiite [relig]
  • fundamentalist
• diverse cultures
  • Sunni/Shiite
  • Turks
  • Persian
  • Kurds [nwkurds]
  • Azeris
  • Tajiks
  • Uzbeks

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Economic Geography

• oil in Iran [oil]
• Turkey : most industrialized country in the realm

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Historical Geography

• Kemal Ataturk
• Shah of Iran
• Center of the Ottoman Empire[nwottom]

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