Middle East Vocab

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  1. 3. Wedge shaped symbols that were pressed into clay tablets
  2. 6. Belief in the right of each people to be an independent nation
  3. 9. A ban on trade
  4. 11. An ethnic group without a formal state
  5. 12. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures and symbols represent words or sounds
  6. 14. Person believed to be a messenger from god
  7. 15. From Arabic for "seeker" or "student"; name of a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim group that contains the Afgan gov. from 1996 to 2001
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  1. 1. A large temple built by the Sumerians
  2. 2. A center where cultures develop and from which traditions and ideas spread
  3. 4. A fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features
  4. 5. Belief in one god
  5. 7. In Asia, a seasonal wind that brings warm moist air from oceans in summer and dry air from winter
  6. 8. In Islam, a house of worship
  7. 10. A branch of Islam that regards the first four successors of Muhammed as his rightful successors
  8. 13. A branch of Islam that regards Muhammed's son-in-law, Ali, and the imams as his rightful successors