Answer:
It's the way that people living in groups make decisions
If we're talking about a representative democracy, listening to the people is very important. Having proper funding and resources.
The desire of the kurds of the palestinians for independent states is based on the principle of : Nationalism
The kurds filled with proud community that can sustain themselves, and have different point of view from other middle east countries (they were pro western)
Hope this helps
The land between those two Rivers is called "the fertile crescent" so it's pretty self explanatory. It Was fertile land. Good for farming building houses on ect