CHAPTER 9 Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Greece, and Turkey HISTORY Jordan River Middle East Olive Tree EARLY INFLUENCES Couscous OTTOMAN EMPIRE RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES GREECE About 7000 B.C, inhabitants from the east entered Greece, bringing with them sheep and new foods such as lamb, peas, and beans. Catholicism and Greek Orthodox religion reign. INFLUENCES FROM THE NEW WORLD TOPOGRAPHY WATER AND WATERWAYS TURKEY GREECE Thick forests make up the northern part of Greece, while the south is arid and quite dry. COOKING METHODS Grilling tops the list of cooking methods. Skewer REGIONS LEBANON, JORDAN, SYRIA, AND TURKEY Share a fondness for olive oil, salads, and flavouring with garlic, cilantro, mint, dill, and parsley. Residents in these countries often season meat with pungent spices like allspice, cinnamon, and cloves. IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN The cuisine of Iran does not include spice peppers or garlic. Iranians favour saffron, mint, cilantro, parsley, tarragon, fenugreek, and turmeric. NUTS GREECE Augolemono Ouzo Retsina CUISINE GRAINS LEGUMES Hummus PROTEIN DAIRY Feta VEGETABLES AND FRUITS SALADS FLAVORINGS Halvah BEVERAGES Water or yogurt drink such as aryan, a frothy, salty yogurt beverage, accompanies meals in the Middle East. DESSERTS MEALS THANK YOU! PRESENTED BY: GROUP 4

3. Jordan River

4. Middle East

5. Olive Tree

10. Couscous

13. About 7000 B.C, inhabitants from
the east entered Greece, bringing
with them sheep and new foods
such as lamb, peas, and beans.
Catholicism and Greek Orthodox
religion reign.

19. Thick forests make up the northern
part of Greece, while the south is
arid and quite dry.

21. Grilling tops the list of cooking
methods.

22. Skewer

24. Share a fondness for olive oil,
salads, and flavouring with
garlic, cilantro, mint, dill, and
parsley. Residents in these
countries often season meat with
pungent spices like allspice,
cinnamon, and cloves.

25. The cuisine of Iran does not
include spice peppers or garlic.
Iranians favour saffron, mint,
cilantro, parsley, tarragon,
fenugreek, and turmeric.

26. Pistachios

27. • Augolemono
• Ouzo
• Retsina

29. Pita
Chelo Kebab

32. Hummus

33. Kibbe Neyya
Gyros

35. Feta

36. Dolma
Mousaka

37. Tabouli

40. Halvah

41. Water or yogurt drink such as
aryan, a frothy, salty yogurt
beverage, accompanies meals in
the Middle East.

42. Phyllo Dough

44. In the Middle East and much of
Africa, food is scooped up and
eaten with the fingers or pieces of
flat bread instead of fork and
knives.

45. PRESENTED BY:
GROUP 4