Middle East MidTerm

Bureaucracy is an example of which characteristic of civilization?

What do we call the time before writing was invented?

Who developed the religion for the Persians?

As of now, Israel has made peace with two Arab countries, which was the first one to make peace with Israel?

Which empire treated the people they conquered the nicest?

What are artifacts?

Which group of muslims believes the caliph should be a descendent of Muhammad/Ali?

What are the skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs?

What did Egypt start doind during the New Kingdom for the first time?

Which characteristic of civilization means putting art of things that it doesn't need to do its job?

Which war added the layer of occupied territories to the Arab-Israeli conflict?

What is a family of rulers where the right to rule is passed down through family?

Which method of dating objects can be used up to 50,000 years?

Which country became an Islamic Republic and held American diplomats hostage?

The idea that Arab countries have common interests and thus should work together to try to solve these common problems

Who is a person who moves from place to place in search of food?

This religion was started by Mohammed after being visited by the angel Gabriel

Which was NOT a time when large numbers of Jews started coming back to Palestine

When Reza Khan took over Persia, he wanted to copy what had happend in which country?

Which group of people conquered Mesopotamia because they had weapons made out of iron?

Polytheism is an exmaple of which characteristic of civilization?

During the Old Stone age, which was NOT a development made by humans?

Who is largely responsible for creating the modern country of Turkey?

Which type of government is run by a religion?

What advantage did the Egyptians have that allowed them to survive almost 3000 years with little to no invasions?

Which group of muslims believe the caliph can be any devout muslim?

The desire to rule oneself is what concept?

Which group of people killed Ali and his family and took over the Muslim empire?

Islamic law that calls for the uniting of religion and government

Where do the residents of Mesopotamia believe their gods/goddesses live?

The holy book of Islam is called the what?

Which leader overthrew the king of Egypt and took over ruling as president?

Which of the fiver pillars of Islam involves helping the needy?

What is the belief in one God that Mohammad was preaching?

How did the Ottomans try to deal with the problem of the Armenians?

The Israelites believed they had an agreement with God. What was this agreement called?

WHo was not allowed to be a slave in the Muslim world?

What is the way that ideas are spread from one civilization to another?

The journey Mohammad made when he had to flee Mecca and escape to Medina was called....

Which important development made civilization possible?