Syria's been in the headlines about two years now, but where is it? How many of you have pulled out a map and studied this country so that when they say Allepo, you know where it is? If you've already done this, then hit next blog. If not, I'm here to remedy that deficit, to help you do what you know you should have done already.
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You know if I just gave you a map with the country names, you wouldn't look at it. But if you take a screen shot from the first cut here line to the next, print it out, and then fill out the table, you'll get this forever. Below is another map with the names.
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| From Blog28 |
And so you can follow the news about what's happening inside Syria, here's a political map with the names of main cities.
This political map comes from a site called World Shia Forum, which has an array of maps showing religious, ethnic, linguistic, population and other characteristics. The writer of this post proposes dividing up the country on ethnic lines.
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