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first civilization
Sumerians
ziggurates
giant temples that connect heaven and earth
persian empire was where?
modern day iran
Founder of Islam
Muhammed
Muslim holy book
quran
The hegira
Muslims were forced to flee Mecca
Holiest places of Islam
Mecca, Medina, Jeruslam
House of wisdom
religions joined together to create a ¨library¨ for everyone
famous poets
Rumi
Crusades
pope calls for christian knights to take back Jerusalem and holy sites in the 1090s
Zionists
people who favored a Jewish national homeland in Palestine
Six day war
Israel defeated the Arab states
West bank
Israel gained control as a result of the six day war
Balfour Decaration
Declared by Great Britain giving Jewish a national home in Palestine
Settlements
exist in previously Palestinian territory
Pahlavi Dynasty
nationalized Irans oil
Gulf War
Between Iraq and Kuwait over oil reserves
Iraq War
Us invades Iraq to remove Hussein
1800s
origns of Judaism
1948
Israeli state founded
600s
Islam established and spreads
Hummurabis Code
a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice.
troah
The first 5 books of the Jewish Bible
Yahweh
Jewish god
Moses
freed the Israelites from Eqypt
Abraham
The father of Judaism
disapora
the spread of people for their original homeland
two state solution
conflict envisions an independent State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel, west of the Jordan River.
5 pillars of Islam
Proession of faith
prayer 5 times a day
charity
romadon
haju
golden age of islam
everything and everyone is cexisting as one
Yom kipper war
arab-israel attck that was set out on yom kipper
un partition plan
Jersual was to become a international city woned by neather side
fertile crescent
a crescent-shaped region in Western Asia
cuneiform
the oldest form of writing in the world
hebrew
Irasli laugage
Exodus
the second book of the Bible
passover
the seven-day holiday for Jews and Isreals
Dome of the rock
Islamic shrine
Mecca
a city in Saudi Arabia that was the birthplace of Muhammad and is the holiest city of Islam.
Synagogue
Jewish church
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