Rollin' on the River
Ye Olde Mesopotamia
Countries and Capitals
Bodies of Water
Perambulate With Me
100
Take a cruise past the West Bank on this South flowing river.
What is the Jordan River?
100
Mesopotamia is a Greek name meaning this.
What is "the land between rivers"?
100
Visit the Pyramids of Giza this capital and country.
What is Cairo, Egypt?
100
This sea is East of Europe and North of Turkey.
What is the Black Sea?
100
Let's take a walk down the beach in Lebanon. If we go too far we might end up in this southern neighbor.
What is Israel?
200
Don't even think about tubing down this river, home to huge crocodiles.
What is the Nile River?
200
Mesopotamia was flat and had no natural defenses so it was especially prone to these.
What are wars/invasions/attacks?
200
Religious pilgrims usually skip over this modern political capital, instead visiting the holy sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
What is Tel Aviv, Israel?
200
Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey all share the coast of this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
I'm tired of Baghdad's hustle and bustle. Let's travel East over these mountains into Iran.
What are the Zagros Mountains?
300
They are the two rivers that have supported life in "The Fertile Crescent" for thousands of years.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates.
300
Many of the magnificent cities of old Mesopotamia were abandoned because of this natural event.
What is the river diverting its course?
300
This capital and country have been the scene of civil war for the past several years under Bashar al Assad.
What is Damascus, Syria?
300
This body of water is situated between the Arabian Peninsula and the east coast of Egypt.
What is the Red Sea?
300
Walking from Cairo, Egypt to Amman, Jordan will take us across this landmass.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
400
The headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates are in this country.
What is Turkey?
400
Mesopotamia resides almost entirely in this modern day country.
What is Iraq?
400
This capital and country almost rhyme.
What is Tehran, Iran?
400
A military campaign was named after this body of water that can be found between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
What is the Persian Gulf?
400
I'm in Sana'a Yemen, the southernmost capital of the Middle East, let's walk Northeast up the coast to this neighbor and its capital.
What is Muscat, Oman?
500
The Tigris and Euphrates join to for this single waterway that empties into the Persian Gulf.
What is the Shatt al Arab?
500
The first law codes were established in Mesopotamia and this literal pillar of laws is the foundation for many modern legal systems.
What is Hammurabi's Code
500
This country and capital are situated on a peninsula and have a large percentage of the oil in the Middle East.
What is Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?
500
This huge lake is north of Iran.
What is the Caspian Sea?
500
Let's perambulate along this man made canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
What is the Suez Canal?
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