Middle East And South Asia

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Babylon

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A city in ancient Mesopotamia located in the fertile plain which is in-between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

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Jerusalem

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An ancient Middle Eastern city that’s a place of pilgrimage and worship for Muslims, Jews and Christians since the biblical era.

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King Solomon

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Also called Jedidah was a wise king of Israel and son of David.

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Wonders of the World

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Lists of the world’s most spectacular natural and manmade structures.

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Byzantine Empire

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Also called the Eastern Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire but was destroyed by the Ottoman Turks./

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Cyrus the Great

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The founder of the Achaemenid Empire (the largest empire the world had ever seen).

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Zoroastrianism

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One of the oldest monotheistic religions founded by the Prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran.

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Buddha

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Also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni. He was the founder of Buddhism.

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Ashoka

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An Indian emperor who conquered and ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent.

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Chandragupta

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Founder of the Maurya Empire and the first emperor to unify the majority of Greater India.

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Constantine

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A Roman Emperor who implemented a variety of reforms to strengthen the empire.

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Constantinople

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The capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire and later the Ottoman empires.

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Crusades

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A series of military campaigns that lasted 200 years.

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Akbar the Great

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A Mughal emperor and a patron of art and culture.

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Indus River Valley

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One of three early civilizations that’s in area of modern day Pakistan and India (South Asia).

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Silk Road

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A network of trade routes through Asia that connected modern day China to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Mecca

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The birthplace of Muhammad and the holiest city in the religion of Islam.

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Medina

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A power base of Islam and the capital of the Muslim Empire under Muhammad’s leadership.

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Lawrence of Arabia

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A historical drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence.

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Indira Gandhi

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The only female Prime Minister of India and a central figure of the Indian National Congress party.

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Mohandas Gandhi

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The preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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The first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence.

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Ayatollah Khomeini

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An Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

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Persian Gulf War

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A war waged by coalition forced of various nations lead by America in response to Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

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Saddam Hussein

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The President of Iraq who was in power during the Gulf War, Iranian revolution and in response he surpassed many protests.

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Oslo Accords

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Agreements between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization.

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Cricket

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A popular sport in many countries that originated in England but quickly spread through colonization.

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Soviets in Afganistan

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Insurgent groups fought against the Soviet Army (and allied Afghan forces) as they resisted modernization reforms put in place by the pro-Soviet government.

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Tamil Tigers

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A militant organization in Sri Lanka founded to create an independent state in the north/east Sri Lanka for the Tamil people.

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Afghanistan War

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America (joined by NATO) invaded Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks.

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Dubai

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A city in the United Arab Emirates located on the coast of the Persian Gulf.

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Abu Dhabi

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The capital city of the United Arab Emirates.

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Burj Khalifa

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The tallest artificial structure in them world located in Dubai.

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Osama bin Laden

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Founder of al-Qaeda who fought against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.

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Manmohan Singh

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A former Prime Minister of India (2004-2014) and economist. As a Finance Minister, he liberalized India's economy through structural reforms during a severe economic crisis.

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Slumdog Millionaire

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A British drama film adaptation of the novel 'Q &A' which tells the story of a contestant in the Indian equivalent of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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Bollywood

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The Hindi film industry based in Mumbai.

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Iraq War

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A conflict that began with an American lead invasion which toppled the Saddam Hussein government in 2003.

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Mount Everest

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The Earth's highest mountain located in the Mahalangur mountain range which stretches across Eastern Asia.

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Maldives

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An island country in the Indian Ocean. Previously a British colony.

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Kazakhstan

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The world's largest landlocked country that has become the dominant nation of Central Asia (economically). Capital = Astana

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Bangladesh

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A country in South Asia bordered by India and Myanmar. Capital = Dhaka

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Bashar Assad

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The President of Syria who succeeded his father in office. He's a former doctor who now runs an authoritarian regime.