Explain the Ethnic Complexity of Phoenicia and Israel in Map

question 9

Essay

Explain the ethnic complexity of Phoenicia and Israel in Map 2.4. Does the geography and ethnic composition of the region explain the political development of the state of Israel?

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Definitions:

Truman Doctrine

An American foreign policy strategy announced by President Harry S. Truman in 1947, aimed at containing the spread of communism by providing political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from authoritarian forces.

Subjugation

The action of bringing someone or something under domination or control, often by conquest or force.

German Democratic Republic

Also known as East Germany, a socialist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the eastern part of Germany, aligned with the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.

East Germany

Officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), a state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the eastern portion of Germany, characterized by its socialist government and part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.