Places
home of India's ancient civilizations
Indus River Valley
"Father of Modern Missions"
William Carey
the main religion in India
Hinduism
built as a tomb for the wife of an Indian ruler
Taj Mahal
became a nation in 1948
Isreal
New Delhi
India
Amman
Jordan
India's Largest city
Mumbai
India's 1st Prime Minister
Nehru
What Buddhists call the state of being free from suffering
Nirvana
built by Nebuchadnezzar; considered a wonder of the ancient world
Hanging Gardens
Lebanon
Tehran
Iran
Ankara
Turkey
world's largest peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
allowed the Jews to rebuild the temple
Cyrus
"Enlightened One"
Buddha
most commonly used language in the Middle East
Arabic
country once called Persia
Iran
Lebanon
Beirut
took cotton goods from India to Europe
Alexander the Great
major River in India
Ganges River
the founder of Islam
Muhammad
Zuggurat
A temple
the beginning of history
Creation
Cuneiform
Sumerian writing
Syria
Damascus
important leader in the struggle for India's independence
Gandhi
once called East Pakistan
Bangladesh
prophet sent to preach to Ninivah
Jonah
man's attempts to put himself in the place of God
Humanism
people who study ancient cultures
archaeologists
line of rulers all in the same family
dynasty
Jerusalem
Israel
where Abraham was a citizen
Ur
1st European to reach India by sailing around Africa
Vasco de Gama
the false idea that man began as an animal
Evolution
Cylinder Seal
what Sumerians use to stamp their documents
calico
cotton material first made in India
Iraq
Baghdad
season wind that brings rain
monsoon
group of people that invaded India from the north
holy book of Islam
Koran
belief that a soul is reborn into some other man or animal
reincarnation
people not belonging to any caste
outcastes
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia