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    Ethnic Competition in Lebanon Population: 4 million people Size: 4000 square miles (about the size of Connecticut) Ethnic Disputes in South Asia India and Pakistan never agreed on the border for the northern region of Kashmir Muslim majority Guerilla war 19 million Sikhs Punjab region Dividing Sri Lanka Island country of 20 million Sinhalese vs. Tamils Since 1983.60,000 have died.

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    Ethnic Competition in Lebanon Population: 4 million people Size: 4000 square miles (about the size of Connecticut) Ethnic Disputes in South Asia India and Pakistan never agreed on the border for the northern region of Kashmir Muslim majority Guerilla war 19 million Sikhs Punjab region Dividing Sri Lanka Island country of 20 million Sinhalese vs. Tamils Since 1983.60,000 have died.

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    Ethnicity: Key Issue #3

    Why do ethnicities clash?

    The Horn of Africa


    Encompasses the countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia

    Ethiopia and Eritrea


    Eritrea became an Italian colony in 1890 Ethiopia 1930s After WWII Ethiopia gains independence The UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia Eritrean fight for independence (1961-1991) 665,000 refugees to Sudan Conflicts between Christians and Muslims

    Sudan
    Black Christian and animist rebels vs. ArabMuslim dominated government in the north Darfur region janjaweed

    Somalia
    Sunni Muslims, speak Somali 6 major ethnic groups (clans) 1990s powerful clans force less powerful to flee 1992 U.S. military forces 2006 Islamist militias take over by overthrowing warlords
    Somali Pirate!

    Ethnic Competition in Lebanon


    Population: 4 million people Size: 4000 square miles (about the size of Connecticut) Religious Population:
    60 % Muslim 30 % Christian 10 % other

    Ethnic Competition leads to conflict


    Militant Shiite sects, such as Hezbollah, gain power 1975 Civil War Israel and the U.S. tried to restore peace by sending in troopsthey failed Syrian control

    Dividing Ethnicities Among More Than One State


    Dividing Ethnicities in South Asia
    End of British rule: 1947 Colony divided: India and Pakistan Pakistan comprised West and East Pakistan East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971

    The Reason for the division of South Asia


    The people of Pakistan were mostly Muslim The people of India were mostly Hindu Mahatma Gandhi assassinated

    Forced Migration in South Asia


    Are the boundaries for nation-states ever perfect? 17 million people migrated in the late 1940s Rivals killed those trying to migrate

    Ethnic Disputes in South Asia


    India and Pakistan never agreed on the border for the northern region of Kashmir Muslim majority Guerilla war 19 million Sikhs Punjab region

    Dividing Sri Lanka


    Island country of 20 million Sinhalese vs. Tamils Since 1983.60,000 have died Sinhalese
    Northern India, 5th Century BC Buddhist

    Tamils
    India, 3rd Century BC Hindu

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