Islam, The Hajj

The Hajj is the anuall pilgrimage to Mecca. It is the largest pilgrimage of the world. And also the fifth pillar of Islam. The pilgramage continues from the 7th to the 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah.

The Hajj is associated with the life of Islamic prophet, Muhammed. Each person walks counter-clockwise around the Kaaba 7 times. They also run back and forth between 2 hills. They even throw stones at three pillars which represents evil.

On the last day of the Hajj they Must walk around the Kaaba again and they can't leave until sundown. Nobody ever wants to leave so that makes the Kaaba a very emotional trip. The last day is basically a large farewell because most people may never be able to visit it again in their life.

Christianity/ Catholics

Catholicism did not begin for the first thousand of years of the start of Christianity. The reason why was because there was no Eastern Orthadoxy or Protestanism to start it. There was only the "one, holy, catholic church" affirmed by the early creeds, which was the body of Christian believers all over the world, united by common traditions, beliefs, church structure and worship. Catholic means "universal". During the Middle Ages, if you were a Christian, you belonged to the Catholic Church.

The belief's of Distinctive Roman Catholic beliefs include the special authority of the pope, the ability of saints to intercede on behalf of believers, the concept of Purgatory as a place of afterlife purification before entering Heaven. The bread used in the Eucharist becomes the true body of Christ when blessed by a priest. Catholics celebrate Mass. In Catholicism, Mass is the Eucharist. Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary to thank her for bringing baby Jesus to earth.

Plateau of Iran

One day when Sabas, Aurteamus, and I were doing a history report on the Plateau of Iran also known as the Persian Plateau. We found out that it is the part of the Eurasian Plate wedged between the Arabian and Indian plates, situated between the Zagros mountains to the west, the Caspian Sea and the Kopet Dag to the north, the Hormuz Strait and Arabian Sea to the south and Indus River to the east. When we turned in our report we got an "A" for effort and actually going to iran to find out the information that we got.

Taurus Moutians

Today we visited to Taurus Mountains the western part is called Bati and the eastern part is called Orta. We found out that much of the mountain is limestone. We also found out that the mountain's have many lake but lots are dried out. The mountains tree limit's is 2,000 to 2,500 meters.When we were leaving the mountain's we almost got lost because the mountains are surrounded by Forrest.

Persian Gulf

One day when Sabas, Aurteamus, and I were trying to find a way across the Indian Ocean we found out that the Persian Gulf was an extension to it. So we decided to go that way. When we were searching for directions they didn't know what we were talking about because people of the Arab States called it the Arabian Gulf. But when we got there we didn't know what to do because the Persian Gulf is connected to the Gulf of Oman. But the Gulf of Oman was larger so we decided to stick with the Persian Gulf. The Persian Gulf was only 989 kilometers so it wouldn't take to long to get across. When we got home our family was fascinated about our story.

Red Sea

Sabas, Aurteamus, and I were on our way back to America from the Middle East. We were on our way back from visiting some family. As we were walking to the next boat station we wanted to visit the Red Sea, we found out that it was a seawater inlet from the Indian Ocean. In the north it was blocked by the Sanai Peninsula so we couldn't go that way. And we couldn't go staight across because it was bordered by the Great Rift Valley. So the Red Sea's surface area is roughly 169,100 square miles. When we went across Africa we found out that the Red Sea is the northernmost tropical sea. When we got home our friends were amazed by the amazing story we told about what we learned on our visit.

Zagros Mountains

One day Sabas, Aurteamus, and I went to Iran just to visit some family. When we called them and asked for their address they said that they were in in the Zagros Mountain range which is the largest mountain range in Iran and Iraq. They told us that they were on Mount Dena, one of the highest points in the Zagros Mountains range. When we got there we found out that the Zagros Mountains are as long as the western and southwestern Iranian plateau. They asked us if we seen our cousins on our way there. We asked where our cousins lived and they said that it was hard to miss because they formed the outlier of the range. The outlier is the Hazaran Massif in the Kerman Province. We went back home the next week and we found out that the Zagros Mountains range finally ends at the Strait of Hormuz.

Mount Arart

Today me Aruteamus and, Jamar went to go see Mount Ararat. Mount Ararat has two peeks. The name of one is Greater Ararat the other one is Lesser Ararat. Jamar and Aruteamsus found out that Mount Ararat possibly has Noah's Arch in it. Jamar wanted to climb Mount Ararat until he found out that it was the highest mount in Turkey. Snow covers 1/4 of a mile on Mount Ararat. I was talking to this person that had climb up Mount Ararat and the told me that the elevation of Mount Ararat is 16,854ft. Lesser Ararat has scadered tress and good land.

Sea of Marmara

Today is the day we visited the Sea of Marmara. When we were there me, Jamar and Aurteamus tried to see who could reach to bottom of the sea it never happened. Because the sea is 1,370m deep. The person that went way down was aurteamus because he had a divin suit but he still didnt make to the bottom.When we were there visiting there was a guy that was tellin some stuff about the Sea of Marmarait he told us that in 1999 on December 29th a bad storm hit and the Russian oil tanker Volgoneft broke in two in the Sea of Marmara, and more than 1500 tonnes of oil were spilled into the water.The sea gets its name from the island of marmara.On the small island of Imrali that is in the Sea of Marmara stands a maximum-security prison that holds only one inmate, Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of PKK, a Kurdish terrorist group. When we heard that we got scared but then we wanted to sea it. so we got on boat and went passed the prison. After that we messured to see how many miles wide it was it was about 50miles wide. From northeast to southwest it is 175 miles long.

NEGEV DESERT

Sabas Jamar and I went to the in a helicopter and it was fun Negev Desert to whan we landed we tock every thing we needed to find out how high the mountains were, how long it streched, and how hot it is down ther, we even diged for water. we found out it's average high timpiture was around 20-30 degrees farinhight its average low tempiture was round 7-17 degrees farinhight. We also found haveing the helicopter fly the distence, and it was 13,000 km squared(4,700 squared miles) lang. We also had the helicopter glide up to the distence of were the mountains edges started we were amased the mountains were 370-520 feet tall.

Syrian Desert

One day Sabas, Aurteamus, and I went to the Middle East to visit The Syrian desert. We heard that it was called the "Empty Quarter", so we decided to go check it out. It is called the empty quarter because there is nobody that lives there. while we were there we found out that it is part of the Al-Hamad. It is Also bordered by the Orentes Valley. On our way across we noticed that the Syrian Desert is made up of steppes and true desert. While going west we found out that the Syrian Desert is bordereed on the west by the Tigris and Euphrates river.

Dead Sea

Today I visited the Dead Sea with Jamar and Aurteamus. Jamar pushed Arteamus in the Dead Sea forgetting that he didn't know how to swim that is when we learned that you cant sink in the Dead Sea because there is so much salt in it. The Dead sea got its name because it being so salty there are no animal that live there. Jamar wanted to cook his food he brought with him but he forgot the salt so he grabbed salt from the Dead Sea to put on his food. He had put to much salt on it so when he took a bite he spit it out. The Dead sea sits 1,385ft below sea level. It is the lowest elevation on the earths surface on dry land.

When we were about to leave Aurteamus told us the the Dead Sea is 8.6 times more salty than the ocean.

Writing about Asia and Me

Hi my name is Aurteamus and my favorite things to do are skateboard ride bikes and play sports. In my middle school I am studying Asia and I think it will be fun. I am twelve years old I have a little brother and I live with both of my parents and I live in Des Moines Iowa. I like almost all animals, my favorite animal is a dog I think there very good learners and listeners and there fun to play with.

In asia I would like to go to china, and in china I would like to go every were but i would like to go to the great wall of china the most. I would like to go there because I think the great wall of china is vary large an theres a lot of history there. I would like to know how far it streches and i would like to know how high it is from the ground. I would like to take my friends and family when and if I go so I can have fun with every one I know and love.

About me

Hi, my name is Jamar Fallin and I was born in Twin Falls, Idaho. At 12 years old I live in Des Moines, Iowa and I go to Callanan Middle School in the 7th grade.

I live with my mom, younger brother, and older sister. My mother's name is Loraine, she is 32 years old. My younger brother's name is, Nariyo he is 6 years old. My older sister's name is Raven, she is 14.

I enjoy hanging out at my Dad's house and having fun with friends. I also enjoy spending time with my family.




If I could go anywhere in the Middle East it would be the Taj Mahal, because it has a lot of history that I would like to learn.

Sabas

The name is Sabas S. I am from Misson Texas. I live in Des Moines Iowa i go to Callanan Middle School I am in the 7th grade. I live with my mom, dad, brother, and sisters, my moms name is Angie. my Dads name is Jose. My brothers name is Jose J.R he is 17 years old. my sisters are Rose who is 16 years old and cindy who is 10 years old. For fun i like to go to parties with friends or just go to there housed and chill. I like to go to new places and do new things. I am not scared of many things. I live life how it comes and try to enjoy every minute of it.



If I would go to Asia I would go to Jerusalem Israel. The reason I would go there is because i have heard of this place for a long time. I would also go there to see the church's look like.Every time I went to church so that is why I would go there.