LAST GROUP Flashcards
what does Mesopotamia mean
the land between rivers
what are Muslims
followers of Islam
Saudi Arabia
country rich in oil
Tigris and Euphrates are what type of rivers?
exotic rivers
where are the Hindu Kusch mountains located
Afghanistan
Country in civil war since 2011
Syria
Mecca
the holy city of Islam
mosque
an Islamic house of worship
Koran
sacred book of Islam
Oasis
a place where springs bubble to the surface in desert areas and plants grow
Allah
the one and only God of Islam
fertile crescent
an area of fertile land in the Middle East, extending around the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates in a semicircle from Israel to the Persian Gulf, where the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Phoenician, and Hebrew civilizations flourished.
Akkadians
a group of people who conquered the Sumerians
Muhammad
The creator of the Islam religion, a said to be prophet of God
bilingualism
being able to speak two languages
Safavid
a member of a dynasty that ruled Persia 1502–1736 and installed Shi’a rather than Sunni Islam as the state religion
Sunni
one of the two main branches of Islam
Shi’ism
one of the two main branches of Islam
Zionism
the movement that called for Jews to set up their own country or homeland in Palestine
Kurds
a minority group in Turkey and neighboring countries
sultan
ottoman rulers
holocaust
the murder of 6 million Jews during WW2
west bank
the name given to the territory that was captured by Jordan in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and subsequently annexed in 1950 until 1967 when it was occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.
byzantine empire
was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
