Is considered a legendary figure. Was the first significant patriarch. From the bloodline of Shem.

Founder of the religion Islam.

The son of God.

President of Turkey from 1923 until his death in 1938. "Father of the Turks," "Ataturk," founder of the Turkey Republic.

Brought into power after the Shah was done away with in Iran. Before this person came into power the people of Iran were dissatisfied with the behavior of the Shah. Once this person came into power they restored the conservative views of Iran and subsequently made Iran more successful with the consultation of the people. Led Iranian revolution.

The first emperor of the Ottoman Empire. Emperor from (1280 to 1299).

Regarded their self as successor of Byzantine Emperors without break in continuity. Proclaimed their self as the protector. Ottoman sultan who ruled from August 1444 to September 1446.   

Political party established in 1906 in British India. Its strong advocacy, from 1930 onwards, for the establishment of a separate Muslim-majority nation-state, Pakistan, ultimately led to the partition of India in 1947 by the British Empire.

A political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. 

This word means students or seekers of knowledge. This is a group that is not well known until they were tasked with protecting a trade convoy during the Soviet-Afghan War. When this job was finished they were recognized as the strongest faction. 

Also known as the Lawgiver and The magnificent. Lifespan (1419-1566). Helped develop law, literature, art, and architecture. Succeeded their father Selim I as sultan in September 1520. Campaigned against Christian powers of central Europe and the Mediterranean.  

13th century Persian poet and Islamic scholar.

Indian Emperor of the Maurya Empire son of Bindusara. Ruled most of the Indian subcontinent from 268-232 BCE. Promoted the spread of Buddhism across Asia. 

Emperor of the Mughal Empire. Known for constructing the Taj Muhal during his rule, money came from taxes (30 villages to be precise). 

Father of Modern India. Fought in South Africa about Apartheid. He was assassinated. Wrote the Hind Swaraj. He practiced passive resistance. He led the Indian National Congress.    

 First prime minister; principle leader in the Indian nationalist movements in the 1930s and 1940s.

Third prime minister of India, only female prime minister, daughter of Nehru, helped the economy, and she was assassinated.   

Former Governor-General of Pakistan, politician, founder of Pakistan, served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, worked to establish the new nation's government and policies, and brought aid to the millions of Muslim migrants who had emigrated from neighboring India to Pakistan after the two states' independence, personally supervising the establishment of refugee camps, and he wanted Muslims in government services and self-governing bodies. 

 Activist for women's rights including education and had an assassination attempt on her. 

A language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.

The act in which groups of people use harsh, sometimes deadly tactics against an opposing group to gain information and or power. During the Algeria Revolution tactics such as cross-dressing, disguising, and guerrilla warfare was used as a force tactic. Guerilla warfare was used all over the MENA region to win over territory. 

 A form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.

The holding go extreme political or religious views, fanaticism.

Monotheistic; born into from maternal line; Jews; place of worship synagogue; ten commandments and mosaic laws; father of faith Abraham; Yahweh; texts Torah and Talmud; time 1500 BCE.

Monotheistic; not born into; public confession and heart belief; god; Christians; father of faith Abraham; bible; church or cathedral; ten commandments and teachings of Christ; time 33CE. 

Monotheistic; Allah (no other god); able to convert; combines if father is Islamic then you are too; Muslims; Abraham; prophet Muhammad; Qur'an and hadiths; mosque; five pillars; shari’a; 610.

Practices the religion of Sufi; large population in sub-Saharan Africa; often called “heartbeat of Islam”; both Sunni and Shi'a; poetry; mystical.

Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.

A movement for the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.

 A legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I. 

A policy of passive political resistance, especially that advocated by Mahatma Gandhi against British rule in India.

The quality or state of being this especially : refusal to take part in a war between other powers. The country adopted an official policy of this. Nehru tried this. 

This place is a certain shape in the Middle East, spanning modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, and Northern Egypt, together with the northern region of Kuwait, southeastern region of Turkey and the western portion of Iran. 

The concept of time, math, the wheel, sailboats, maps and writing. 

An epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Is the protagonist. Is trying to find everlasting life and never die (2100) BC.   

A collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice.

God gave to the Israelites through Moses, according to the Old Testament.

A body of religious law that forms part of the Islamic tradition. Personal acts of worship, laws relating to commercial dealings, laws relating to marriage and divorce, and penal laws.

 Proffession of Faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage.  

This divide originated with a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Islamic faith he introduced. Most of Muhammad’s followers thought that the other elite members of the Islamic community should choose his successor or a smaller group believed only someone from Muhammad’s family.

Led the Muslim community following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. Signifies their status as models whose actions and opinions should be followed and emulated from a religious point of view.

The capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The siege on the empire started April 6, 1453. The empire officially fell May 29, 1453. 

After World War II, the United Nations adopted the Partition Plan, essentially dividing Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state, with Jerusalem under international control. This led to Britain ending its mandate and Israel declaring its independence in May of 1948.

A series of military conflicts between Israeli forces and various Arab forces, most notably the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Lebanon War. 

An ideology that asserts the Arabs are a nation and promotes the unity of Arab people, celebrating the glories of Arab civilization, the language and literature of the Arabs, and calling for rejuvenation and political union in the Arab World. 

A series of four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States. There was a higher church attendance, more time spent with family, and increased acts of patriotism such as flying American flags. When flying there are more procedures just to board the plane.   

 A series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the replacement of his  government with an Islamic republic under the rule of AyatollahRuhollah Khomeini, a leader of one of the factions in the revolt. 

A series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of this world in the early 2010s.

The trajectory of women's struggles in their search for gender equality and their desire for equal opportunities vis a vis men status.

 Created after World War II to help other countries in certain situations and give advice to help run other countries. 

 Created after World War I to give advice to help run other countries. Idea came from President Woodrow Wilson but the United States did not join.  

Flourished from about 2600 to 1900 BCE, marking the beginning of urban civilization on the Indian subcontinent.

 Brahma, does not have any prophets, Shiva, Vishnu, and Devi, and believe there is one God.  

Siddhartha Guatama, Siddharha Guatama first the creator but later known as Buddha, there are not any major deities since Buddihst do not have one, and they do not believe in one God. 

Muhammad, Muhammed, Noah, Abraham, Moses. David, Jesus,and Muhammed, there is only one God or Allah. 

 Guru Nanak, Guru Nanak, and they believe in one God who created everything and is omnipresent. 

 Divided by wealth of Indians. Most of the Indians with the most power were in the higher levels.  

It held power for 200 years from the 16th-18th century. It did not fall until the Indian Rebellion against the British in 1857.  

Most projects were mosques but they also built forts and mausoleums.

Salt, silk, ivory, enslaved people, spices, porcelain, and incense.

Widespread rebellion against British rule in India 1857-1859, the rebellions were not successful. This led Britain to decide to bring India under its rule. 

A joint-stocking company founded in 1600. Made to trade in the Indian ocean region (East Indies), and later in East Asia. 

1858-1947

British created "divide and rule" policies, pitting Hindu and Muslim Indians against one another. In 1905, the colonial government divided Bengal into Hindu and Muslim sections; this division was revoked after strong protests. 

The British brought order and stability to a society that experienced complete civil war over the past decades. The British administrator Thomas Babington Macaulay, established a new school system to train the children of Indian elites. The instruction of young girls also expanded, with the purpose of making them better wives and mothers for the educated male population. The Indian people paid a high price for the peace and stability brought by the British raj. In rural areas, the British introduced the zamindar system. The British thought that it would facilitate the collection of agricultural taxes and create a new landed gentry (high social position).British colonization neglected the benefits of modern science and technology to India.Foreign rule had a psychological effect on the Indian people.   

March 12-apr 6, 1930; salt tax; 240 mile walk to coast with salt led by Gandhi; 60,000 people joined him; sparked large scale civil disobedience against the salt laws by millions of Indians.

August 15th, 1947

Occupied by the USSR between 1979-1989, chaotic and scattered, invitation of the Taliban rule, and Taliban rules until 2001. Taliban fighters originated from Pakistan???  

This country was never occupied by the Ottoman Empire.

The holiest city in Islam.

Brought Buddhism into practice in China.

This was divided because of the death of the prophet. 

This country is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, Algeria, and Egypt.

MENA is not home to this body of water.

This area is part of the Fertile Crescent

They are part of the Indo-European group. 

This does not make up Shar'ia

Islam’s legal system and derived from the Quran, Islam's holy book.

 The deeds and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.

Self sacrifice, non-violent way against the law that follows people’s social mores, participating in “sit-ins”, and where a group of unwanted people sit in a place that they're not allowed to be at. They were in (a line of fire).

August 14th, 1947