Geography
This country is the cultural and religious center of the Middle East
Founder and Central Prophet of Islam
Muhammed
A military conflict from 1914 - 1918 in which the Ottoman Empire fought alongside Germany
World War I
A fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation
Oasis
The Arab Spring began in this country
Tunisia
Mesopotamia means "land between 2 rivers" which 2 rivers is it referencing?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
1st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Osman I
A series of Revolutions across North Africa and the Middle East from 2010 - Present
The Arab Spring
A Muslim place of worship
Mosque
Hansi Mubarak was overthrown as the leader of this nation
Egypt
The capital of the Byzantine Empire that fell after the 1453 Invasion by Turks
Constantinople
This man requested the help of European Christians in fighting the Ottoman Turks
Alexius Comnenus
A time of heightened discoveries of science, mathematics, astronomy, and art in the Middle East
The Islamic Golden Age
A factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products
Refinery
The only unsuccessful revolution of the Arab Spring
River in Egypt
Nile River
A MUSLIM POET, MATHEMATICIAN, AND ASTRONOMER
Omar Khayyman
At this 1815 meeting, European Powers decided to push out the Ottoman Empire from the Balkans in Eastern Europe
Congress of Vienna in 1815
What was the BALFOUR DECLARATION?
British document that promised land in Palestine as homeland for Jews in exchange for Jews help in WWI
President of Libya from 1977 - 2011 (when he was assassinated)
Muammar Gaddafi
The capital of the Muslim Empire during the Islamic Golden Age
Baghdad
1st President of Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire
Kemal Ataturk
Which of the Crusades was successful for European Christians?
1st Crusade
Capital of the United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
President of Syria from 2000 - Present
Bashar al-Assad