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Middle East History started from the earliest human settlements and continues through several major pre- and post-Islamic Empires to today's nation-states of the Middle East. The Sumerians became the first people to develop complex systems that were to be called "civilization" as far back as the 5th millennium BC.

Middle East History
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1. Which territory was controlled by Great Britain in the years following World War I and lost land when the nation of Israel was created in 1948?

2. Created at the End of WWII as a home for Jews
Image: Israel

3. A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.

4. This is
Image: Turkey

5. Invasion of Iraq because they supposedly had weapons of mass destruction, and the US wanted to remove Saddam Hussein from control

6. the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset.

7. Shiite religious leader of Iran, led the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and ordered the invasion of the US Embassy.

8. This is
Image: Israel

9. territory in Israel controlled by Palestinians

10. Iran's newly elected Prime Minister who nationalized the countries oil industry
Image: Muhammad Mossadegh

11. As part of the Gulf War, the US came to the aid of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. What country invaded Kuwait?

12. a movement by conservative Muslim forces to remove Western aspects of society and replace them with strict forms of religious belief and behavior.

13. This is
Image: Euphrates River

14. a group of people who share a common culture and ancestry

15. Anti-semitism can be defined as the hatred or discrimination of someone because he or she is

16. President at the time of the Iran Hostage Crisis
Image: Carter

17. 1. Belief in one God, Allah, and Muhammad his prophet 2. Daily prayer; pray 5 times a day facing Mecca- mosques- Jewish places for worship 3. alms (offering) for the poor 4. Fasting (sunrise to sunset) during Ramadan (September-October) 5. Hajj- pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your lifetime (and visit Kaaba).

18. A Jewish state on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, both in antiquity and again founded in 1948 after centuries of Jewish diaspora.

19. a place of pilgrimage and worship for Jews, Christians and Muslims since the biblical era.
Image: Jerusalem

20. This is
Image: Tigris River

21. Name for the American C.I.A. and the British intelligence secret plan to overthrow Mossadegh and replace him with a leader who would be more receptive to Western interests.

22. A group with a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature

23. After supporting the independence of Israel, the United States was MOST concerned with what issue in that region?

24. Holy book of Islam.

25. The sacred Scripture of the Jewish people.

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