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the Eastern Mediterranean region of the Middle East with rich agricultural land; means "rising" in French
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The Levant
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describes the very fertile farmlands located between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers, also home to the Sumerians, who created the first cities; known as the "Cradle of Civilization"
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Mesopotamia
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the Eastern Mediterranean region of the Middle East with rich agricultural land; means "rising" in French
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describes the very fertile farmlands located between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers, also home to the Sumerians, who created the first cities; known as the "Cradle of Civilization"
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describes Jewish Nationalism or the desire to create a strictly Jewish country
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an isolated area of fertile soil in a desert where vegetation grows; usually near water
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dry climate region that receives little to know rain; too dry to support vegetation
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a desert nomad who is usually an animal herder
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a follower of Islam
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the modern Persian language that is the official language of Iran
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belief that there is only one God
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used to describe the Greek culture spread throughout the Middle East by Alexander the Great
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an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s
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a person with political views far outside of the accepted norms, many times they are willing to use force/violence to support their beliefs
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the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad
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a Jewish scholar/teacher/priest
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religious leader of the highest authority among Shia Muslims
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country governed by religious law; many religious leaders see Western ideas a threat to public morality, so they try to limit Western influence
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Muslims who choose their imams; imams serve mainly as leaders of prayer
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(Shias - practice Shi'ism) only descendants of the prophet Muhammad can be leaders; rely on imams to interpret the Qur'an and other sacred texts
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religious leaders in Muslim society
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A ruler of a Muslim country, especially of the former Ottoman Empire
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, influences oil prices by controlling supply
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the name of the Palestinian terrorist group that was led by Yasser Arafat, started in the 1960s, and whose purpose was to destroy Israel and gain a homeland for the Palestinians
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name of the Palestinian terrorist group that is based in Lebanon and attacks Israel from the north
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Palestinian terrorist group, that through elections, has control of the Gaza Strip
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"shaking off" or a resistance or rebellion to oppression
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Jewish written law and most important text; consists of the five books of the Hebrew Bible
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(also spelled Quran) the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God
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the building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction
