SWANA History

• One of the first places to start practicing agriculture – raising animals and growing crops. Mesopotamia was a fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in present-day Iraq. 

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Silk Road

• Iran

• was one of the primary trade routes through the region in the post-classical world.

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Silk Road

• Iran

True or False: SWANA is the Birth Place of the worlds major religions? Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ?

• False

• True

True or False: Monotheism means they believe in only 1 god.

• False

• True

True or False: Polytheism means they believe in multiple gods.

• False

• True

• The impact the Ottoman empire had on the region of Southwest Asia and North Africa was the spread of their culture, improved trade, and their own system of government.

• False

• True

• The pharaoh was the head of Egyptians society. He was seen as more than a man.

• False

• True

The oldest of the three religions. It was first practiced by a  small group of people called the Israelite's in 1800 B.C.

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Hieroglyphics

Rises from Judaism another monotheistic religion. About 30 A.D., a Jewish teacher named Jesus began preaching in what is today Israel. 

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Hieroglyphics

In 600 A.D., Islam– the religion of the Muslim– arose in the Arabian Peninsula. Muhammed, regarded by Muslims as the last prophet, announced his message in the desert city of Makkah (Mecca).   

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Hieroglyphics