Western Europe was getting richer and more powerful as it carved up Africa, including the Arab states of North Africa, into colonial possessions.
“This is a pivotal year, during the Middle East’s gradual transfer from 500 years of Ottoman rule to 50 to 100 years of European rule. What the Middle East looked like in 1914from Le Monde Diplomatique. The map below looks at current global perceptions of the Arab-Israeli conflict based on which countries recognize both Israel and Palestine, which recognize only Palestine, and which recognize only Israel.Ĥ. Metrocosm is another collection of projects that analyze life through statistics and data. The literacy of the younger generation in contrast has a literacy over 90%.ģ. Using the same UNESCO data as above the map shows that in many countries only less than a third of the older generation is literate. Largely unnoticed education has dramatically improved in Northern Africa and the Middle East. Literacy in the Arabic speaking countries The maps below show contemporary literacy rates in the Middle East for two different age groups: ages 14 to 24 and ages 65 and up. You can also use regions or ethnic groups in the search engine which will result in lists in which that term appears. A search engine enables to visitors to find information on key indicators such as poverty, education, economic development, food prices, famine, and health. Our World In Data is an excellent resource that covers a wide range of topics and visualizes the empirical evidence of how living standards changed over the last decades, centuries, and millennia. Keeping in mind that these relationships and dynamics in the region are fluid, this is nonetheless a tool that can shed light on a complicated region. Click on each player, the a pop-up gives a brief definition. You can click on, say, the Islamic State, and it will become the center of the graphic, allowing you its status with other players like Iran, the United States and al-Qaeda, or you can zoom out to get the bigger picture. The Middle East: Key Players and Notable Relationshipsbreaks down types of actors (nation, group, Sunni, Shia, non-Muslim) and types of relationships (hate, strained, good, love).
Of particular value to you, however, is a comprehensive graphic that depicts the often-confounding set of relationships between and with players in the Middle East. Information is Beautiful is an initiative launched by David McCandless “dedicated to distilling the world’s data, information and knowledge into beautiful, interesting and, above all, useful visualizations, infographics and diagrams.” This creative and talented group provides graphics on such topics as novels everyone should read based on top lists and awards to the US gender pay gap. TeachMideast will regularly provide new material collected from an array of sources.ġ. The first three look at contemporary dynamics, while the last two take a closer look at the past. Here are five examples that you can use in your classroom or simply for your own better understanding. Infographics tend to be multi-layered and nuanced, giving a multidimensional perspective on a part of the world that is beset with gross generalizations. Maps can define, or confine, what constitutes a particular region, and challenge us to question accepted conventions. The Middle East as an area and a concept can be more easily understood through the use of these tools. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see patterns and trends. Maps allow people to make spatial connections between different places and can facilitate the understanding of the presence and movements of goods, people, languages, animals, and more.Īnother valuable tool, information graphics, or infographics, are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. Maps can help explain a region’s geography, its demographics, and the current political and environmental climates, among other attributes.
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