Early Empires
The "Land between two Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia
The Three Abrahamic faiths, all of which originated in the Middle East.
The Two Countries that got Mandates in the Middle East after World War One
Who are France and Britain
The Middle East holds approximately 80% of the world's supply of this valuable resource.
What is Oil
The two rivers that define the boundaries of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers
The Early Empire responsible for the invention of the Wheel.
What is Sumer
The spread of an idea or cultural practice from one place to another, or from one place to many places
What is diffusion
This country does not acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of 1915-16
What is Turkey
The organization of primarily Middle Eastern countries, that works to control the price of Oil
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
A modern day terrorist group based out of the Gaza Strip and opposing Israeli control of Palestine.
What is Hamas
The Earliest written set of Laws, famous for its "Eye for an Eye" principle.
What is Hammurabi's Code
The spread of people from their original homeland, often associated with minority groups that flee oppressive regimes
The Agreement that set up the Mandate System in the Middle East, written in secret to keep it from the Arabs.
What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement
The system of government set up by Ayatollah Khomeini after the Iranian Revolution in 1979
What is a Theocracy (Sultanate)
A secret letter sent to Lord Rothschild proposing the formation of a Jewish State in British Mandated Palestine
The success of this empire was shown as a product of its beaurocratic system and its cultural influence.
The two main religious sects of Islam, formed after the death of the Prophet Muhammad
What is Shia and Sunni Islam
The Ideology that advocates for the return of Jews to their homeland in Israel
What is Zionism
A term for a holy war initiated by a muslim group
What is a Jihad
The earliest system of writing, created by the Sumerian empire and performed by carving glyphs into stone tablets.
What is Cuneiform Writing
This Empire is most well known for being the earliest multiethnic empire, and covered most of Mesopotamia
The city that serves as an Apex of the three Abrahamic faiths, holding significant landmarks such as the Dome of the Rock, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and the West Wall
What is Jerusalem
These are the two possible solutions for the Israel-Palestine Conflict
What are the One State Solution and the Two State Solution
The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians in the pursuit of political aims.
What is Terrorism
The number of Armenians victimized by the Turks during the Armenian Genocide of 1915-16
What is about 1.2 Million