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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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