Raising & grazing of livestock

Dominant climate

Underground canals used by the Persians for irrigation

Main ethnic group

Located between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

Founder of Islam

Organization that the oil rich countries of the Middle East have formed

Arabic speaking people in north Africa

The people of Iran believe they are descendants of this group from southern Russia

Promised to restore order in Afghanistan but did it through violence

Law based on the Quran

Invaded Afghanistan in 1979 hoping to spread communism

An enclosed marketplace

Major occupation in the Middle East

Only developed country in the Middle East

First major religion to believe in one god

Small area in the desert where water and vegetation are found

Stream bed that is dry except during a heavy rain

Expelled the Jews from their homeland