Middle East
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- arabs
- people who originated from the middle east
- oasis
- a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well
- six day war
- a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory
- sick man of europe
- the ottoman empire because they were weak and about to die
- yom kippur
- a Jewish high holy day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tishri by abstinence from food and drink and by the daylong recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue
- easter
- the resurrection of jesus
- judaism
- The monotheistic religion of the Jews, tracing its origins to Abraham and having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Talmud
- martyr
- a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion
- allah
- the supreme being; god (islam)
- ottoman empire
- a large number of turks who conquered almost all of the middle east
- calvary hill
- where jesus was crucified
- dome of the rock
- a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God: built on the site of the Jewish Temple
- muhammad
- arab prophet; founder of islam
- caravans
- camel/horse carrying around goods for merchants
- self-determination
- the right to decide your own future
- guerrilla warfare
- small groups of soldiers who "hit and run" (attack and run away or blend in and shoot, dirty tactics)
- hezbollah
- a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel
- hajj
- trip muslims have to make some time in their lives to mecca to pray
- nomads
- A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land
- mahmoud ahmadinejad
- current president of iran
- rosh hashanah
- jewish new year
- meditate
- think
- jerusalem
- a city in and the capital of Israel: an ancient holy city and a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; divided between Israel and Jordan 1948-67; Jordanian sector annexed by Israel 1967; capital of Israel since 1950. 407,100
- western wall
- a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation: traditionally believed to be the remains of the western wall of Herod's temple, destroyed by the Romans in a.d. 70
- muslims
- followers of islam
- jews
- followers of judaism
- hamas
- a Palestinian Islamic movement engaged in grass-roots organizing and terrorism against Israel
- mecca
- a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam
- extremists
- muslims who want to overthrow the governments of their countires believing that they do not follow the exact teachings of islam
- islam
- a religion where people believe Allah is the god and Muhammad was the prophet of allah and their holy book is the Quran/Koran
- christmas
- the birth of jesus
- may 14, 1948
- day isreal was created
- osama bin laden
- Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957)
- allies
- one side of WWI including britain france and russia
- ayatollah
- a title in the religious hierarchy achieved by scholars who have demonstrated highly advanced knowledge of Islamic law and religion
- shiah/shiite
- a division of islam
- theocrat
- a person who rules, governs as a representative of God or a deity, or is a member of the ruling group in a theocracy, as a divine king or a high priest
- church
- place of worship for christianity
- sunni
- a member of islam
- fasting
- To eat very little or abstain from certain foods, especially as a religious discipline
- saddam hussein
- Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937)
- al-qaeda
- a radical Sunni Muslim organization dedicated to the elimination of a Western presence in Arab countries and militantly opposed to Western foreign policy: founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988
- oslo accords
- It was the first direct, face-to-face agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. It was the first time that the Palestinians publicly acknowledged Israel's right to exist
- zionist
- a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel
- WWI
- a war in 1914 (allies vs. central powers)
- central powers
- a side of WWI including germany austria-hungary and the ottoman empire
- arid
- being without moisture; extremely dry; parched
- palestinians
- people fighting for their homelands
- sinai peninsula
- a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba
- torah
- the holy book of judaism
- arable
- farmable
- ramadan
- 9th month of islamic calendar (fast during sunlight for islam)
- prophet
- a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration
- temple
- place of worship for judaism
- mosques
- place of worship for islam
- christians
- followers of christianity
- persians
- people who originated from the middle east
- 5 pillars of islam
- the duties which all muslims must fulfill
- terrorist
- a person who terrorizes or frightens others
- balfour declaration
- it stated britains support for the creation of a jewish national home in palestine without violating the rights of arabs living there
- muslims
- followers of islam
- sykes-picot agreement
- britain and france agreed to divide the ottoman empire
- new testament
- the covenant between God and humans in which the dispensation of grace is revealed through Jesus Christ
- christianity
- The Christian religion, founded on the life and teachings of Jesus
- mandate
- land to be governed
- disciple
- any follower of Christ