Over the past couple of weeks I've been bemoaning the fact that I don't really understand the human and political geography of the Middle East well enough. So I thought I would get a couple of maps that I could study to work out some of the more hot-button issues. Namely 1) The religious distribution of the region, and 2) The location of oil and gas in the region.
So far, I've found these two maps to be incredibly helpful. See for yourself.
Religious distribution in the ME (by way of SIPA's
Gulf/2000 project):
And this map with petroleum and natural gas sites and infrastructure in the ME (by way of the
Global Education Project):
Enjoy. We'll have a quiz on Monday.
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