Most people south of baghdad who live between those
rivers belong to which ethnic group?

"Iraq's Shia Arabs form the majority of Baghdad's population of nearly 5 million and dominate a large portion of southern Iraq in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In many areas, they live interspersed with Sunni Arab tribes and villages.

POLITICAL REASONS: ENCOURAGEMENT FROM RULERS British monarchs encouraged the development of colonies as new sources of wealth and power. They granted charters to groups of businessmen, like the Virginia Company, who offered to help colonists settle in the “New World.” Economic - Concerns money and wealth.

The Crusades: increased religious intolerance and forceful religious conversion

The lure of gold: finding new routes to trade Eastern goods

A thirst for glory: European competition for global dominance