Southwest Asia History

Front

Thousands of years ago, the Sumerians and Babylonians lived in ___.

Back

Mesopotamia

Front

Mesopotamia was located in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, in what is modern-day ___?

Back

Iraq

Front

The world's oldest monotheistic religion began in Southwest Asia. What is the name of that religion?

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Judaism

Front

___ are believers in, and practitioners of, the religion of Islam.

Back

Muslims, Moslems

Front

The religion of Islam eventually spread to parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Back

True

Front

During the 1100's and 1200's, ___ and Muslims fought wars in order to control lands along the Mediterranean Sea.

Back

Christians

Front

During the mid-1200s, parts of Southwest Asia (Persia and Mesopotamia) were conquered by the ___?

Back

Mongols

Front

The Ottomans were a group of ___ who began building an empire on the Anatolian Peninsula in the 1200's.

Back

Turkish Muslims

Front

The modern country of ___ was founded on the Anatolian Peninsula, where the Ottoman Empire had first formed.

Back

Turkey

Front

When did the modern-day countries of Southwest Asia began to win their independence from European colonial powers?

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between the years 1930 and 1971