 | Term | Definition |
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Potash |
a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry |
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Magnesium |
a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element |
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Dardanelles |
the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey |
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Bosporus |
a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea |
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Jordan River |
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea |
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Dead Sea |
a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan |
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Tigris River |
an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River |
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Euphrates River |
a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia |
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Negev |
a desert in southern Israel |
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Anatolia |
a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey |
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Zionism |
a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine |
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Kurds |
A minority group in Turkey and neighboring countries |
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Holocaust |
the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler |
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Sultan |
the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) |
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Mandates |
Territories placed under another countries control |
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Palestine |
an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean |
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Byzantine Empire |
a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 |
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Crusades |
A series of military expeditions launched by Christian Europeans to win the Holy land back from Muslim control. |
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Ottoman Empire |
a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe |
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Gaza Strip |
a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt |
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Golan Heights |
a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria |
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Souks |
Open-air markets |
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West Bank |
an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river |
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Plo |
a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine |
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Jerusalem |
capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom |
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Secular |
concerning those not members of the clergy |
