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What is the second largest
Islam is the first or second largest religion in the world?
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What is Medina
Muhammad moved his people in 622 from Mecca to what Saudi Arabian town?
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What is The Mongolians
This group invaded the Middle East and conquered territory stretching from the Persian Gulf to India and originated in Mongolia.
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What is The most blood stained land
Today the Middle East has become known as what?
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What is Saudi Arabia
This is the location of what used to be called Arabia.
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What is a military victory
In Judaism Hanukkah is the celebration that occurs around the Christian holiday Christmas. What does Hanukkah celebrate?
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What is very advanced
How can ancient Middle Eastern Society be described?
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What is the Crusades
There were 9 of these that occurred in the Middle East beginning in 1096 and ended in 1272.
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What is Turkey
This is the location of what is left of the Ottoman Empire.
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What is heated floors
In ancient Middle Eastern houses how did people keep their homes warm?
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What is sunrise to sunset
During Ramadan Muslims believe they must fast from what time to what time?
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What is family tribes
Before Islam people on the Arabian Peninsula lived in these units.
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What is Egypt
Battles in WWII took place in this Middle Eastern country?
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What is Saddam Hussein wanted to rebuild original Babylonian empire.
Iraq attacked Kuwait for what purpose?
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What is the slave soldiers
What group of soldiers from Turkey and Egypt were able to hold the Mongols from expanding their territory into Egypt and Saudi Arabia?
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What is the Dome of the Rock
In Jerusalem this place is build where Muslims believe Muhammad ascended to heaven and Christians and Jews believe Abraham came to sacrifice his son Issac.
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What is The Byzantine Empire
What is the name of the early Christian empire that existed in the Middle East?
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What is Constantinople
The Byzantine empire ended when the Ottoman's were able to successfully defeat this Middle Eastern city?
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What is the Arabians
In Israel this group went from being the majority to being the minority.
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What is Turkey
When the Soviet Union placed a missile in Cuba it was their response to the U.S. placing a missile in which Middle Eastern country?
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What is Coptic Christian
This is believed to be one of the most ancient forms of Christianity. It started in Egypt.
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What is disagreement over who should take Muhammad's place when he died
What event caused the Shi'ite branch of Islam to occur?
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What is Ataturk
This was the name of a famous WWI Turkish leader. When the Ottoman collapsed at the end of WWI he became the new Prime Minister of Turkey.
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What is the Palestinians and Israeli's
Who is fighting over the West Bank in Israel?
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What is the Sykes-Picot agreement
This was a secret agreement between the British and French that partitioned the land of the old Ottoman Empire?
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