Middle East

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world geography

The Middle East's biggest cultural group

Arabs

It lasted 600 years and included much of the Middle East

Turkish Empire

Iran was once called this...

Persia

a large ethnic group with no country of their own

Kurds

The idea of ONE god.

monotheism

Who formed the Kingdom of Israel?

Hebrews

The Muslims who believe that Muhammad's rightful successor was Ali.

Shiites

The holy book of Islam

Koran

Iranians speak this language

Farsi

The Middle East's biggest city.

Istanbul

The country Iraq invaded in 1991 which led to the Persian Gulf War...

Kuwait

The country that has fought 6 wars with Arabs since 1948...

Israel

The largest desert on the Arabian Peninsula

Rub' al-Khali

Area of rich farmland between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Fertile Crescent

Where 1/4 of the world's oil deposits are located

Saudi Arabia

The biggest environmental problem in the Middle East

shortage of water

Climate of most of the Middle East

Desert

Highest mountains in the Middle East

Taurus

People who live in present-day Lebanon who traveled, sailed, and traded goods around the world

Phoenicians