This informative map supplements the "Mideast in Turmoil" map and the article "Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom and Its Power" which were all published in the September 1980 issue of National Geographic. Four maps highlight the historical conflicts of the region while the largest section of this piece is devoted to showing the percentage of muslims amongst the various ethnicities of the region. The 1980 Two Centuries of Conflict in the Middle East map features: • An Ethnic Mosaic of Islams Heartland shows the percentage of muslims in the Middle East and adjacent regions • Map and text describing the Ottomans loss of power in 1800 • Inset detailing the collision of British and Russian interests in the region in 1900 • Map showing the division of the region following World War I • Inset detailing the creation of the Jewish homeland in 1948 • Illustrations of the various ethnicities of the region
Coverage Area: The Middle East, northern Africa, India, Bangladesh, southwestern USSR, southwestern China, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania, Indonesia, Malaysia
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