SW Asia Flashcards

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Arabia

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Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. At 3,237,500 km2 (1,250,000 sq mi), the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world

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Mecca

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Mecca is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city in Islam.

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Muhammad

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was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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Islam

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) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion’s founder.

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Quran

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The book of Islam

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Five pillar

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Faith prayer fasting charity the Hajj

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Mehmed II the Conqueror

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ottoman empery that took over empires

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ottoman empire

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istorically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire,[22][23] was an imperial realm[k] that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries;

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