... traders whose maritime culture flourished there for more than 2,000 years (c.2700-450 B.C.). In later centuries, Lebanon's mountains were a refuge for Christians, and Crusaders established several strongholds there."(4) Similarly, the Syrian historical context dates back more than 2000 years with Phoenicians also sharing roots in Syria. The most telling similarity, the Ottoman rule of the region ended in World War 1 at ... Lebanon's most valuable natural resources is water due to its geographical location on the Mediterranean Sea. On the other hand one of the most needed natural resource...

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... involved in nuclear research since the country's inception. With French assistance that began about 1957, Israel constructed a natural uranium research reactor that went into operation at Dimona, in the Negev Desert in 1964. Dimona's operations were conducted in secret, and it was not brought under international inspection. According to a 1982 UN study, Israel could have produced enough weapons-grade plutonium ... West Bank and Gaza and on the East Bank under unified Palestinian rule. Violation or abrogation of the Peace Treaty with Egypt. War with Syria, resultant from a pre-planned Syr...

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... square kilometers. The bordering countries of Jordan are Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the West Bank. The climate there is mostly arid desert with a rainy season in the West occurring November through April. The terrain is mostly desert plateau in the East and highland area in the West with the Great Rift Valley separating the East and West Banks of the ... Jordan River. As a result of the large amount of desert plateau, little of the land in Jordan is arable at only 2.87%, with even less being used for permanent crops at 1.52%. The remaining land is used for other various ... ...

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... in February. Since then he has consolidated his power and established his domestic priorities. Home to the Bedouin many of whom still live a traditional lifestyle in the desert. The capital city of Amman is a modern thriving city built on many small hills. Amman is home to many museums and art galleries. There are some ... Middle East and is land locked between Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the West Bank of Israel. The terrain is made up of 80% desert plateau in the south and east. To the west there is the upper highlands and the Great Rift Valley separates the East from the west...

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... toward Damascus; and another branched north, passing through Asia Minor eventually to join the Via Egnatia into Europe. Likewise the King's Highway branched from the Via Maris through the Negev desert to the eastern shore of the Dead Sea and the Jordan River, through to Damascus. These two very ancient trade routes were the major arteries for the movement of troops ... Jerusalem. Stephen a Christian leader was stoned to death by the Jerusalem leaders and thereafter Saul of Tarsus began a systematic approach to root out Christianity. The Jewish-Christians moved to the Syrian/Mesopotamian...

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... from the Suez Canal to the Jordan River and the Golan Heights. Many Palestinians fled across the Jordan River to Jordan and remain to this day as inhabitants of the desert parts in Jordan. Since then Israel has encouraged immigration from Jews worldwide, without very much success. The history of the conflict was the same for many years as Palestinian organizations ... and more important was the evaluation of the Saudi peace plan. The Saudi Plan proposes that Israel: withdraws from the Arab lands occupied in 1967, including a full withdrawal from the Syrian Golan and from all the lands t...

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