Hint
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Answer
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A
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Largest city in Syria, formerly
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Aleppo
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B
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Ancient city of hanging gardens
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Babylon
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C
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Form of government wished for by ISIS and bin Laden
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Caliphate
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D
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Arabic name for Islamic State
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Daesh
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E
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Home to Cleopatra, Nasser, and Mubarak
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Egypt
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F
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Fried ball of ground chickpeas
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Falafel
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G
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Most commonly spoken language until at least the 7th century
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Greek
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H
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Political faction and terrorist group of Lebanon
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Hizbollah
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I
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Country invaded by the US in 1991 and 2003
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Iraq
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J
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Ancient city fought over by many different religions
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Jerusalem
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K
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Unrecognized country between Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria
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Kurdistan
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L
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British officer that helped organize a revolt against "O"
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Lawrence
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M
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Largest Christian group in Lebanon
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Maronite
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N
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Neo-Assyrian capital city
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Nineveh
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O
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Empire that controlled most of the Middle East until WW1
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Ottoman
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P
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Ancient civilization that colonized much of the Mediterranean
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Phoenicia
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Q
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The final revelation given to Muhammad
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Qur'an
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R
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City in "I" fought over in 2014 and 2015
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Ramadi
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S
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Peninsula ceded back to "E" in 1981
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Sinai
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T
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River parallel to the Euprhates
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Tigris
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U
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Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca not during Hajj
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Umrah
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V
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Large city in Eastern Turkey
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Van
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W
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Scarce resource imported in record quantities
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water
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Y
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Local deity worshiped in Samaria and Judah
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Yahweh
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Z
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Led Jews out of captivity in "B" and laid the foundation of the 2nd Temple
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Zerubbabel
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