World Geography Chapter 23 The Countries of Southwest Asia Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. World Geography Copyright ? 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved. Section 1: Creating the Modern Middle East Section 2: Israel Section 3: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq Section 4: Arabian Peninsula Chapter 23: The Countries of Southwest Asia Section 5: Turkey, Iran, and Cyprus Creating the Modern Middle East How successful were the Ottoman Turks in uniting the diverse peoples of the Middle East? Why did several European powers take control of the nations of Southwest Asia after World War I?