History
The environment
Culture
Today
Government
100
line of hereditary rulers
What is dynasty
100
The region's mountians
What provides water to the valleys below?
100
Islam
What is unifying culture in the region?
100
Arid climates and a rugged landscape
What makes farming difficult in the region?
100
The use of oil wealth
What is one theme of the region's concerns?
200
The Ottoman Turks conquered Mesopotamia and the rest of the Arabian peninsula
What happened in the 1500s?
200
The lowlands of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf
What is among the hottest places in the world?
200
Arabs
Who are most people in the Persian Gulf?
200
Nomadic herders
Who were the Bedouins?
200
It's oil weath
What gives Saudi Arabia a special position in world affairs?
300
Muhammad
Who established a Muslim community centered at Medina?
300
The highlands
Which is cooler the lowlands or the highlands?
300
Muslims who live in the border lands of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey
Who are the Kurds?
300
A country governed by religious law
What is a theocracy?
300
Religious leaders of the highest command
What are atatollahs?
400
The Mongols
Who swept out of Central Asia to conquer what is now Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran?
400
Lizards and several poisonous snakes
What reptiles are common in the region?
400
Farsi
What language in Iran do the people speak?
400
Subsistence agriculture
What kind of agriculture is practiced?
400
Saddam Hussein
Who ruled Iraq?
500
''Allah''
What is God in Arabic?
500
An uninhabited desert
What is known as the " Empty Quarter"?
500
90%
What percent of Muslims are Sunnis
500
oil prices by controlling the supply
What is OPEC?
500
Technology
What is one of the things changing the region?
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