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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Hebrew patriarch who made a long journey from Ur to Canaan
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Abraham
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B
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Birthplace of Jesus
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Bethlehem
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C
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Series of campaigns waged by Europeans to siege Jerusalem
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The Crusades
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D
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Religion founded in the 11th century with 1-2 million followers across the Levant
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Druze
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E
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Queen of Persia, from the tribe of Benjamin, who is the central figure of the story of Purim
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Esther
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F
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Egyptian caliphate that ruled Israel during the 10th and 11th centuried
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Fatimid Caliphate
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G
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Where Jesus walked on water
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Sea of Galilee
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H
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Jewish holiday where the oil lasted for eight days
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Hanukkah
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I
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Palestinian uprisings against Israeli control in the '90s and 2000s
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Intifada
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J
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Roman state that encompassed modern day Israel
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Judea
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K
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A communal agricultural settlement that is common in the rural parts of Israel
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Kibbutz
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L
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Worldwide organization that in 1922, entrusted the United Kingdom to rule the area
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League of Nations
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M
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First female president of modern Israel
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Golda Meir
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N
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King of Babylon who destroyed Jerusalem's first temple
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Nebuchadnezzar
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O
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A 1993 attempt at peace signed in Washington D.C. between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders
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Oslo Accords
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P
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British mandate that ruled over Israel and Transjordan
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Mandate of Palestine
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Q
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Ancient site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found
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Qumran
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R
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Prime minister assassinated after signing O with Yassir Arafat
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Yitzhak Rabin
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S
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First king of Israel
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Saul
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T
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Jewish text thought to have been revealed by God to Moses at Mount Sinai
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Torah
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U
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Empire that constructed the Dome of the Rock
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Umayyad Caliphate
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V
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Roman general who crushed the Jewish revolt and later became emperor
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Vespasian
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W
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Wall in Jerusalem, also known as the Kotel, built in the 1st century B.C. that is one of Judaism's holiest sites
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Western Wall
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X
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E's husband and King of Persia which controlled Israel during the 5th century B.C.
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Xerxes I
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Y
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1973 surprise attack from multiple Arab countries on a Jewish holy day
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Yom Kippur War
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Z
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Jewish nationalist movement that encouraged Jews to return to their homeland
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Zionism
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