Geography Flashcards
Where/What is the Fertile Crescent?
Crescent shaped area in the Middle East spanning, modern-day Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, together with northern Kuwait, south-eastern Turkey, and western Iran.
Believed to be where the first civilizations began.
What river flows through the Fertile crescent.
The Tigris and Euphrates river flows through the Fertile crescent.
A large river in Western Asia that discharges into the Persian gulf.
Flows through Fertile Crescent discharging into the Persian Gulf.
Canaan
Ancient name of a vast and prosperous country, roughly located in same region as modern-day Palestine and Israel.
Lays between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
Where is Canaan located?
Between the River Jordan and Mediterranean Sea. Situated in the territory of the southern Levant, which today encompasses Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and the southern portions of Syria and Lebanon.
What are the seven countries that make up the Arabian Peninsula?
the Arabian Peninsula includes Bahrain,[a] Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Yemen, as well as southern Iraq and Jordan.[8] The largest of these is Saudi Arabia.
What is the Capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
Originally established as the Capital of Israel during King David’s reign. 1000 BCE
Holds major significance for the Judaic, Christian and Islamic faiths.
Proclaimed as the Capital for both Israel and Palestine.
What is the Capital of Palestine ?
Jerusalem
While both Israel and Palestine declared Jerusalem their capital, the Palestinians usually refer to East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine.
The PLO’s position is that East Jerusalem, as defined by the pre-1967 municipal boundaries, shall be the capital of Palestine and West Jerusalem the capital of Israel
What is the Al-Aqsa?
also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem
Location - Temple Mount in East Jerusalem
Muslims
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound was the first focal point of Muslim worship and the direction that Muslims faced when they prayed before the Kaaba in Makkah became the permanent Qibla. The Qur’an mentions the Al-Aqsa Mosque as “holy” and “blessed” in many places. Muslims also believe that the Prophet Muhammad was transported from Mecca to the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Night Journey, where he led Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other messengers in prayer.
Jews
The Al-Aqsa Mosque is located on the Temple Mount, which Jews consider their holiest site. They believe that King Solomon built the first temple there 3,000 years ago, and that the Romans destroyed a second temple in AD 70. The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound also overlooks the Western Wall, a sacred place of prayer for Jewish people.
Christians
The Al-Aqsa Mosque is also significant to Christians because of its connection to events in the life of Jesus Christ.
Mesopotamia
8000-2000 BCE, 8th-3rd millennium BC
historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system
present-day Iraq.
the historical region of Mesopotamia also includes parts of present-day Iran, Turkey, Syria and Kuwait.
Difference between Assyria and Babylon?
Assyria was an ancient Kingdom of Northern Mesopotamia centered on the cities of Ashur and Nineveh. corresponds to most parts of modern-day Iraq as well as parts of Iran, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey
Babylon was an ancient city which ruled over southern Mesopotamia.
A small port town situated on the Euphrates River, grew to become one of the most prosperous cities within Mesopotamia. Today, Babylon is located within modern-day Iraq, roughly 50 miles south of Baghdad
What is the offical name of Persia?
Iran
The exonym Persia was the official name of Iran in the Western world before March 1935, but the Iranian peoples inside their country since the time of Zoroaster (probably circa 1000 BC), or even before, have called their country Arya, Iran, Iranshahr, Iranzamin (Land of Iran), Aryānām
What sea does the Tigris-Euphrates River discharge into?
The Gulf Sea.
