History
Cuneiform writing was mainly used for this type of writing.
What are taxes and book keeping?
This is the first code of laws in Human History.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
These are the three Abrahamic religions.
What is Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Thanks to a lovely climate along the coast Israel can this delicious snack. Just watch out for the pits.
What are olives?
This tasty treat for deer is actually a trap set by hunters to lure them in.
What is a salt lick?
These two empires were soundly beaten in a quick series of wars by the early Islamic Caliphate.
What are the Byzantine and Persian Empires?
This European Nation Helped to dismantle the Ottoman Empire, Promised the same piece of land to two different groups and then just took it for themselves.
What is Great Britain?
Who is Muhammad?
This mighty structure in Istanbul has been a church, a mosque, and now a museum.
What is the Hagia Sofia?
Bleeding from the ears is a symptom of this medical condition.
What is a concussion?
This country has been in the midst of a civil war since 2011.
What is Syria?
This nation was invaded by Iraq in 1991.
What is the Kingdom of Kuwait?
This was once the central religion of the Persian Empire.
What is Zoroastrianism?
These Mesopotamian pyramids once dotted the landscape.
What are Ziggurats?
This is the current president of Ukraine.
Who is Voldomyr Zelensky ?
This mighty Empire ruled over most of Southwest Asia until their collapse at the end of World War One.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This nation has a unique government that could be described as Democratic Theocracy.
What is Iran?
This city has been central to religious conflict between many groups over the centuries. [ Hint it rained the whole time Mr. Badger visited. :( ]
What is Jerusalem?
This collection of stories has inspired movies, books, and one hella expensive board game.
What is 1001 Arabian Nights?
This is the only word in the English Language that can be repeated eight times to still form a grammatically correct sentence.
What is Buffalo?
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This organization helps control the price of Oil Worldwide.
This de-facto nation has a tenuous and not well defined status in the Middle East thanks to a series of wars.
What is Palestine?
This is the written name of God is Judaism.
Who is Yahweh?
This was once the center of both the Islamic World and higher learning in the Middle Ages.
What is the House of Wisdom or Baghdad?
Used by Byzantine cataphracts and Japanese samurai this armor is made by using strips or plates laced into rows.
What is lamellar?