Transcript Middle Eastern Culture

Middle Eastern Culture
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
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Christian church in
Jerusalem
Believed to be the site
of the death and
resurrection of Jesus
Hagia Sophia
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Istanbul, Turkey
Former Eastern
Orthodox church,
then a mosque, now
a museum
Prime example of
Byzantine architecture
Bazaars
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Marketplace
Suq
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Market in an
Arab/Muslim city
Western Wall
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Aka Wailing Wall
Jewish religious site in
Jerusalem
Sole remnant of the
Holy Temple
Dome of the Rock
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Islamic shrine
Oldest existing
Islamic building
Kaaba
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Mecca
Most sacred site in
Islam
Part of the Hajj
(pilgrimage to Mecca)
Pyramids
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Egypt
Built as tombs for
Pharoahs
Oil Rigs
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Used to house
workers and
machinery needed to
drill wells in the ocean
bed
Walled cities
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Enclosed for
protection