Middle East Flashcards
the land between two rivers
Mesopotamia
country in the middle east rich in oil
Saudi Arabia
the exotic rivers in the middle east
Tigris Euphrates
mountain range in the eastern part of Afghanistan
Hindu Kush mountains
middle eastern country close to Iraq and has a lot of mountains
Iran
Islams holiest city
Mecca
Islamic house of worship
Mosque
the Islamic sacred book
Koran
when a water hole is found in the middle east
Oasis
a crescent shaped region in the middle east
fertile crescent
members of the indigenous group from Babylonia
Sumerians
The guy that made Islam a real thing
Muhammad
the use of two languages by one person
Bilingualism
a common religion found in the middle east not Islams
Muslims
god in Arabic
Allah
Persian military stat that conquered the middle east for two centuries
Safavid
two branches of Islam
Sunni, Shiites
the movement that called for Jews to set up their own country or homeland.
Zionism
minority group in turkey and surrounding countries
Kurd
ottoman rulers
Sultans
the murder of millions of Jews during WW2
Holocaust
a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of western Asia
West bank
the former eastern roman empire
byzantine empire
