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It marked the beginning of nations, languages, races in World History.
The Dispersion from the Tower of Babel
It is the largest country in the Fertile Crescent
Iraq
It involves the changes that take place in the lower part of the earth's atmosphere in a localized area during a short period of time.
Weather
Semi nomadic people who dwell in the northeastern highland of Iraq.
Kurds
It is the pumping of water out of the ground, and pumping it back into the atmosphere.
Evapotranspiration
Asia is part of a larger landmass known as …?
Eurasia
What is the root of the conflict in the Middle East?
Today, over 70% of the people are Jews, and the rest are mostly Arabs. Both groups are descendants of Abraham, the Jews through Isaac and the Arabs through Ishmael and other sons of Abraham. This common ancestry is the root of the conflict in the Middle East.
A MAGNIFICENT CATHEDRAL BUILT BY BYZANTINE EMPEROR JUSTINIAN THE GREAT. IT IS LOCATED IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY.
The Hagia Sophia
What is the lowest point on land?
The Death Sea
How many individual languages are spoken in Asia?
Some 500 individual languages
How many countries are part of the Middle East?
18 countries
What is the name of the second largest peninsula of Asia? It is considered a sub-continent.
India
THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS IN THE EASTERN FERTILE CRESCENT ARE ...?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
THE PLACE WHERE 960 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN COMMITED SUICIDE RATHER THAN BE KILLED OR ENSLAVED BY THE ROMANS
Masada
THE EARTH´S LARGEST AND HIGHEST MOUNTAIN RANGE
The Himalayas
The single most important factor in any culture is the ...?
The Religion
What is the last remnant of the Jewish Temple destroyed by Roman troops in A. D. 70?
The Wailing Wall
What is considered the infallible word of God?
The Bible
THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION OF THE LAND IS CALLED …?
Topography
What is the name of the change that threatens the unique identity of each nation?
Globalism
IRAN IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS …?
Persia
What are the three characteristics that dominate the Arabian Peninsula?
The desert, Islam, and oil
THE IRAQI DICTATOR WHO DIRECTED AN INVASION OF KUWAIT – A SMALL, OIL RICH KINGDOM TO THE SOUTH OF IRAQ
Saddam Hussein
It is a flat representation of the earth or a portion of the earth.
A Map
BEFORE 1975, THIS PLACE/NATION WAS CALLED THE “SWITZERLAND OF THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE IT SERVED AS A CENTER OF WORLD BANKING THROUGH WHICH MIDDLE EASTERN OIL MONEY FLOWED.
Lebanon