Religion in the Middle East
The city Jesus Christ was born
What is Bethlehem
Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims.
What is Mecca
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all have this in common
What is them all being Abrahamic relgions?
This country with the highest Jewish population
What is Israel?
This body of water lies between Saudi Arabia and Iran and is rich in oil resources
What is the Persian Gulf?
The city that Muhammad
What is Mecca?
Islam has two major relgious branches
What are Sunni and Shia?
The city in which Jesus was crucified and resurrected
What is Jerusalem?
This document was wrote for financial support for WW1
What is the Balfour Declaration?
This Middle Eastern country shares borders with Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria
The landmark that the Jewish people worship in Jerusalem
What is the Western Wall?
The Domonet Islamic Branch
What is Shia
Areas in Israel designated for Palestinians
What are the West Bank and Gaza Strip?
This group had there pagers intercepted and blown up by the Israeli government
What is Hezbollah?
This former empire ruled over Arab, Turkish, and Balkan lands for over 600 years until the end of World War I
What is the Ottamen Empire?
What is the landmark that the Christians worship in Jerusalem?
What is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?
Sunni Shia disputes rid this country of violence
What is Iraq?
The Fourth Monarch and son of David
Who is Solomon?
This agreement aimed to split up the Ottamen empire after WW1
What is The Sykes-Picot Agreement?
This Middle Eastern river, sacred to multiple religions, flows from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea
What is the Jordan River?
Where Muhamed is believed to have ascended into heaven
What is Dome of the Rock?
This city became the first capital of the Islamic Caliphate after the death of Muhammad.
What is Medina?
This term is used to describe the dispersion of Jews beyond Israel
What is Diaspora?
This 1979 agreement made Egypt the first Arab country to officially recognize Israel
What is the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty?
The captial of the Ottoman Empire was in this city.
What is Constantinople?