Emily N’s Blog

Did you know that oil is the most importent traded product between countries? Well,it is.

The first was drilled in Titusville,Pennsylvania. We were doing fine until great changes were going to happen. The worlds petruleum supply is going to run out!We only have about 2.6 trillion barrles left in the ground.And only about 1.7 trillion barrles have been found.This is called “discovered” oil.Oil that is found but has not been takin out.

But,we can pump oil out of a rock called marlstone or oil shale.But,it is hard and expensive to ge.So, oil shale must be heated to 900 degrees farenhite to get the oil out.

In 1956 M. King Hubbert thought of the concept of oil production peak.He obsuved that the petruleum climbs to a peak then declines.Once people pump out half the oil the other half get’s harder and is more expensive to get.Paul Roberts saysHubberts theroey will peak in 2030.

Drilling new oil will be harder to get.When the oil disapears people will have to go to the Caspian Sea and the frozen tundra of Siberia.Oil provides 40% of the worlds energy.The U.S is more energyefficent than the past years.Americans want bigger cars and homes.

Did you know the Ottoman Empire controlled many different lands?In this essay you will learn about the Ottoman Empire.

The people who live their are called Ottomans.The Ottomans fought to make their influence greater.And the empire controlled Turkey,Syria,Palestine,Arabia,and ,Egypt.The Ottomans also conquered,in the 1400’s Constantinople.The sultans or the Turkish rulers made people pay large taxes and obey Muslim laws.

In the 1500’s, the Ottoman Empire reached the summit under he rule of Suleyman1.The social ways of life and government were turned into laws that lasted 400 years .In the middle of the 1500’s the Ottoman Empire had the Middle East,most of North Africa,and most of Europe.They were very powerful.But,after that the Arab lands were neglected.

But, when World War 1 came in 1914 they weren’t as powerful.So, they feared Zionist who were interested in the region.The Arabs wanted independence.So, when Britain promised them independence they agreed to support the British.In 1916 Britain and France concluded Sykes-Picot Agreement.Which said that Palestine ,Syria, and ,Iraq were to be divided between 2 European countries. And Palestine was the Jews homeland.

In the end, after being divided, the Ottoman Empire was gone.

For more information, read Israel In Pictures: Visual Geography series at Horace W. Porter library www.hwporter.org