Religion Early Days Battles Modern Day Potpouri
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What is the second largest
Islam is the first or second largest religion in the world?
100
What is Medina
Muhammad moved his people in 622 from Mecca to what Saudi Arabian town?
100
What is The Mongolians
This group invaded the Middle East and conquered territory stretching from the Persian Gulf to India and originated in Mongolia.
100
What is The most blood stained land
Today the Middle East has become known as what?
100
What is Saudi Arabia
This is the location of what used to be called Arabia.
200
What is a military victory
In Judaism Hanukkah is the celebration that occurs around the Christian holiday Christmas. What does Hanukkah celebrate?
200
What is very advanced
How can ancient Middle Eastern Society be described?
200
What is the Crusades
There were 9 of these that occurred in the Middle East beginning in 1096 and ended in 1272.
200
What is Turkey
This is the location of what is left of the Ottoman Empire.
200
What is heated floors
In ancient Middle Eastern houses how did people keep their homes warm?
300
What is sunrise to sunset
During Ramadan Muslims believe they must fast from what time to what time?
300
What is family tribes
Before Islam people on the Arabian Peninsula lived in these units.
300
What is Egypt
Battles in WWII took place in this Middle Eastern country?
300
What is Saddam Hussein wanted to rebuild original Babylonian empire.
Iraq attacked Kuwait for what purpose?
300
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?
400
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.
400
What is The Byzantine Empire
What is the name of the early Christian empire that existed in the Middle East?
400
What is Constantinople
The Byzantine empire ended when the Ottoman's were able to successfully defeat this Middle Eastern city?
400
What is the Arabians
In Israel this group went from being the majority to being the minority.
400
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?
500
What is Coptic Christian
This is believed to be one of the most ancient forms of Christianity. It started in Egypt.
500
What is disagreement over who should take Muhammad's place when he died
What event caused the Shi'ite branch of Islam to occur?
500
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.
500
What is the Palestinians and Israeli's
Who is fighting over the West Bank in Israel?
500
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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