Religion, Politics, & Conflict in the Middle East
Religions
Monotheism
Fundamentalism
Largest monotheistic religion
Fastest growing monotheistic religion
Oldest monotheistic religion
Abraham & the three religions
Palestine & the three religions
Jesus & the three religions
Judaism (see Chart from class)
Hebrews
Abraham
Torah
Covenant
Diaspora
Western Wall/Solomon’s Temple
Israel, Jerusalem
Christianity (see Chart from class)
Jesus, Holy Trinity
Roman persecution
Basic teachings
Divisions of Christianity
Bible (how related to Torah)
Islam
Bedouins, Arabian Peninsula
Muhammad
Meaning of Islam/Muslim
Prophet
Mecca
Five Pillars (know names,
description)
Mosque
Shari’a
Qur’an/Koran
Sunna
Divisions of Islam (Sunni, Shi’a)
Jihad
Ka’aba
Dome of the Rock
Ramadan
Basic teachings/ practices/lifestyle
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Anti-Semitism
Zionism
Theodore Herzl
Palestine between WWI & WWII
Territories within Palestinian region (Israel,
West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, etc.)
McMahon Agreement
Balfour Declaration
David Ben Gurion & Israel’s statehood
First Arab-Israeli War (May 15, 1948)
Israeli Defense Force
Six-Day War
Yom Kippur War
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
Yasir Arafat
Camp David Accords 1979
Hamas
Hezbollah
Intifada
Oslo Peace Accords 1993
Second intifada
Camp David Accords 2000
Mahmoud Abbas
Current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu
Continued conflicts in 2006, 2007, 2012
Palestine & United Nations in Nov. 2012
Iran
Reza Shah & Pahlavi Dynasty
Occupation of Iran during WWII
Oil in Iran/riots & conflict
Dictatorship of the shah, 1953-1960
Shah & western powers
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Criticisms of Iran
Anti-West
Ayatollah (definition)
Iranian Revolution of 1979
Who takes power in 1979?
Islamic Republic
Khomeini as Supreme Leader
Iranian hostage crisis 1979
Iraq’s invasion in 1980
Saddam Hussein
U.S.S. Vincennes
Ali Khameini
“Axis of Evil”
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Iran’s nuclear weapons
Iran & Israel
Supreme Leader of Iran (position, role)
President of Iran (position, role)
Iran’s parliament