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Iraq

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The largest country in the Fertile Crescent

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Saddam Hussein

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A previous Iraqi dictator

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Kuwait

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A small, oil-rich kingdom in the south

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al Qaeda

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An Islamic terrorist group

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Osama bin Laden

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The previous leader of al Qaeda

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Saudia Arabia

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The largest of the Middle Eastern nations; with three prominent factors: oil, Islam, and desert

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Mecca and Medina

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The title “Guardian of the Two Holy Shrines” refers to these mosques

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Bedouins

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They migrate with their sheep, camels,goats, and all their other possessions along ancient, memorized routes.

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Turkey

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Holds a strategic position because it controls the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, two key straits which connect the black sea to the Mediterranean

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Anatolian Plateau

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Occupies the peninsula of Asia Minor, the westernmost region of Asia

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Cyprus

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A small island in the Mediterranean sea

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Istanbul

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Turkey’s largest city

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Ankara

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Turkey’s capital and second largest city

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Iran

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Formerly known as Persia; second largest oil producer in the Middle East

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Ayatollah Khomeini

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A religious leader who took over Iran and established a dictatorial government there.

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Persepolis

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Historic ruins; and the capital of Persia

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Georgia

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The country where Joseph Stalin was born

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Armenia

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Depends on agricultural exports like Georgia

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Azerbaijan

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Marks the northern limit of the Islamic conquest in the Middle East