chapter 22 vocabulary

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  1. 3. It comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jewish people, having originated as an organized religion in the Middle East during the Bronze Age.
  2. 4. wall is a portion of ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem that forms part of the larger retaining wall of the hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount.
  3. 6. it holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor and the Imam after him, at the event of Ghadir Khumm
  4. 8. a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine, a region roughly corresponding to the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition
  5. 12. a valley between two rivers. These rivers were Tigris and Euphrates, the word Mesopotamia in Greek means, 'the land between rivers'.
  6. 16. a form of government in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries who manage the government's daily affairs.
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  1. 1. Liberation organization a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people
  2. 2. an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria
  3. 5. is a militant Pashtun nationalist organization in Afghanistan with close ties to Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism
  4. 7. of the rock an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
  5. 9. is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
  6. 10. located in the sandy, narrow valley of the Wadi
  7. 11. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Islamic prayers are performed, such as an outdoor courtyard
  8. 13. the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world
  9. 14. Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam
  10. 15. organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize profit