English 4Q Week 1 South and West Asia Flashcards
South and West Asia are seats of
Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam
South and West Asia is
known as the
ISLAMIC WORLD
The ____ language is
the most common
spoken language
throughout the regions;
Arabic
regarded as the national poet and was often called “The Poet of the East”
MUHAMMAD IQBAL
the primary sacred
language of
Hinduism,
Buddhism, and
Jainism in ancient India.
Sanskrit
written in Sanskrit
Ramayana and Mahabharata
is the seat of HEBREW LITERATURE which
consists of ancient, medieval, and modern writings in the
Hebrew language.
West Asia
philosophical works,
historical records, and works
of fiction such as parables
HEBREW LITERATURE
The most important work in Jewish literature is the
Bible
A collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian
stories and folktales (such as Sinbad, Ali Baba, and
Aladdin) compiled in Arabic during the Islamic
Golden Age
One Thousand and One Nights
is the language of the most famous work of Islamic creative
literature.
Arabic
The Quran is composed in Arabic language, and
it includes prayers, explications of the divine,
and discussion of ethical matters.
True
The supreme work of Islamic literature is
the
Quran
The language of Quran has not been
described as “prose-like poetry” and
“poetic prose”.
False
Islamic literature
gives more
emphasis to
individual parts
rather than the
overall whole.
True
