Ancient Geography
These two rivers make up the area of Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Term for the belief in one god as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Monotheism
The Ottoman Empire was broken up after this major war that kicked off the 20th century.
Great War or WWI
Country that was given to Jews following World War II
Israel
The term for a movement to modernize based on European ways
Westernization
This region stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf and contains an area suitable for farming and civilization
Fertile Crescent
Moral and ethical code of conduct for Judaism and Chrsitianity
Ten Commandments
Britain and France created these economic "colonies" in the 20th century to control resources after the Ottoman Empire fell
The name of the nation of Arabs that inhabited lands that was given to the Jews after WWII
Palestine
Father of the Turks who wanted Turkey to become a modern western secular state
Kemal Mustafa Ataturk
This legal code was created to unify the diverse the peoples of the Babylonian Empire
Hammurabi Code
The Ottoman Empire capital was located here
Istanbul
This war that took less than a week in 1967 had Israel taking the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights.
Six Day War
A government system run by religion and religious leaders
theocracy
The first writing system that used wedge characters.
Cuneiform
Sacred city to all three monotheistic religions
Jerusalem
The nickname for the Ottoman Empire that had been weakening during the 19th century
Sick Man of Europe
The movement for Jews to move to their land given to them by god
Zionism
Belief that a government and people should return to traditional Muslim teachings
Islamic Fundamentalism
A multi-tiered pyramid temple at the center of Mesopotamian city-state governments
Ziggurat
Muslims making a pilgrimage to Mecca once in their lifetime completes this final pillar of Islam
Hajj
The Ottoman Empire was unique for making these captured child slaves into an elite fighting force to guard the Sultan
Janissaries
The Oslo Accords between Israel and this organization in 1993 showed the world that old enemies are able to negotiate peace
PLO - Palestinian Liberation Organization
Islamic Leader of Iran who called for the end of Westernization and Modernization of Iran during the Iranian Revolution of 1979
Ayatollah Khomeini