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45 Cards in this Set
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Diaspora |
a scattering of people that sent Jews all over the world |
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Roman Empire |
a post-Republican period of ancient Roman civilization |
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Jewish Temple |
a temple destroyed by the Romans |
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Wailing Wall |
a wall in Jerusalem that was part of the second temple that was burned down by the Romans, and is now sacred for Jews |
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Synagogue |
a place of Jewish worship |
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Zionism |
the belief in a Jewish homeland |
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Balfour Declaration |
made by the British to promise a homeland for the Jews, causes conflict for Arabs |
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Sykes Picot Agreement |
plan for carving Ottoman Empire into mandates controlled by Britain and France |
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Founding of Israel |
occurred in 1967, because the Holocaust had happened, directly followed by the 6-day war |
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Yitzak Rabin |
an Israeli prime minister who gave Palestinians the right to self-rule |
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Palestine Liberation Organization |
a representative group created after the six-day war to find solutions to problems the Palestinians had |
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Yasir Arafat |
leader of PLO whom voiced a hope for peace |
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Syria |
a country in the Middle East in between Israel and Jordan |
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Hafez al-Assad |
a military leader that became the President of Syria in 1971 and was in control for 25 years |
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Bashir al-Assad |
current president of Syria |
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Mohammad |
the religious leader of Islam |
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Mecca |
a market town that has significance to Islam |
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Jerusalem |
a city with religious significance to Christianity, Judaism and Islam |
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Dome of the Rock |
a holy Mosque in Jerusalem |
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Spread of Islam |
happened when Muslims acquired land and used it to their advantage |
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Kaaba |
a place that housed statues of gods and goddesses in ancient times |
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Caliph |
successor to Muhammad |
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Sunni |
Muslims who believe the caliph should be selected by community leaders |
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Shi'a |
Muslims who believe the caliph should be directly descended from Mohammad |
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Sufi |
Muslims who sought communication with G-d through meditation and fasting |
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social mobility |
the ability to move up in social class |
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camel caravans |
ships of the desert |
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Calligraphy |
the art of beautiful handwriting |
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Golden Age of Islam |
the height of the Islamic religion |
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Imperialism |
a nation over-exerting their force over a country or thing |
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Nationalism |
the belief of the strength in one's country |
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Crusades |
a series of wars that occurred because Christians wanted to take in to possession lands that the Muslims had |
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Pope Urban II |
a pope who initiated and urged Christians to fight in the first Crusade |
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Mongols |
a group of people that |
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Minaret |
the slender towers of Mosques |
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Sultan |
a seljuk authority |
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harem |
a wife of a sultan |
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Ottoman Empire |
an empire built by the Turks |
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Turks |
people from Turkey who ruled the Ottoman empire |
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Suleiman the Magnificent |
a leader of the Ottoman empire that was greatly respected |
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Constantinople/Istanbul |
a city that the Turks captured making them powerful and creating a strait to the Black Sea |
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1001 Arabian Nights |
a story of a king who had man wives and killed them all until one told him stories and he kept her |
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Baghdad-House of Wisdom |
an intellectual center during the Islamic Golden Age |
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Subsidy |
a government action that lowers the cost of fossil fuels or energy production |
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Islamic Empire |
a Muslim empire that spread across land and made developments in art and sciences |
