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what country borders both the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea?
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what country shares much of Israel's eastern border?
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Jordan
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how far east did Alexander the Great's empire extend?
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to the Indus Valley where India and Pakistan are today
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what is an example of theh Romans' fascination with ancient Egyptian culture?
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Obelisks appeared in Roman architecture
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how long did the dynasty founded by osman I last?
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six centuries and 36 sultans
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what was required of non-Muslim peoples during the Ottoman Empire?
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pay tithes to the sultans in exchange for their rights
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what religious group believes that god created the universe and appointed them to be his chosen people?
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judaism
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what do the Jewish Scriptures include?
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Torah, the wisdom writings, and the writings of the prophets
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what do christians beieve was the role of Jesus?
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son of god sent to save mankind from death and sin
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what branch of christianity id divided into autonomous national churches all under the umbrella of the ecumenical patriarch inconstantinople?
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eastern Orthodoxy
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what is not a pillar of the islamic faith?
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forcing non-believers to convert to islam
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what branch of islam arose form a minority fo islamic followers who wanted ali to be caliph after muhammad died?
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shial
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what country was cut off from the ottoman empire after the british unilaterally made it a protectorate?
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egypt
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what organization assigned iraq to bdritain as a mandate after world war I/
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league of nations
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what action did the new United Nations take in 1947 regarding palestine?
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it partitioned palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states
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