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.