This symbol is associated with what religion?

This symbol is associated with what religion?

What is the predominant [main] religion of Southwest Asia?

The process of removing salt from sea water is called...

HINT: it allows people in the Middle East to have access to more freshwater

What is this religious site in Jerusalem?

What is this site in Jerusalem? It is sometimes known as the Wailing Wall.

Which one of these is NOT a denomination [branch] of Islam?

What is the much more common name for Southwest Asia?

This is a minority Muslim group in Syria that rules the country:

Judging by the clothing, these ladies are...

These underground tunnels in Iran connect aquifers [underground bodies of water] to farms for irrigation. Irrigate = to water crops

These were the Ancient Egyptian 'god-kings' who ruled Egypt for thousands of years.

The first writing system humans developed was...

These two rivers helped created the Cradle of Civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia. They are the...

What is this and which Abrahamic religion is it holy to?

Who created Islam?

Who created the first Persian Empire?

The Sassanid Empire [Second Persian Empire] embraced this religion as its official state (government) religion. Has a good god named Ahura Mazda and an evil god named Ahriman:

During the Safavid Empire in Iran during the 1500s, they converted to and embraced _____ Islam:

These were Persian regional governors:

This Greek king conquered Persia, never losing a battle, and married a Persian princess but later dying to disease:

This female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt was the lover of Julius Caesar, the last ruler of a semi-independent Ancient Egypt before being taken over by Rome, and the descendant of Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great's generals:

Most of North Africa and the Middle East is covered in...

This was the capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire [Byzantine Empire], later conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 and renamed Istanbul:

In 1979 the Iranian ______ broke out, which overthrew the U.S.-supported Shah of Iran in a coup.

First Supreme Leader/Ayatollah of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989.

This denomination (group) of Islam was created when Muslims chose Muhammed's father-in-law as the next caliph (leader) of Islam:

This denomination of Islam was created when Muslims chose Muhammed's son-in-law to become the next caliph:

Second Supreme Leader/Ayatollah of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1989 to present.

This is the chief cleric of Shia Islam in Iran, also called the Supreme Leader:

This man saved Turkey after WW1, became the first president of the Republic of Turkey, reformed its government and language, and was known as Atatürk [Father of the Turks]:

This island is divided into two separate countries. One is the Turkish Muslim country of the Turkish Republic of Northern <name>, the other is Greek Christian Republic of <name>: