Author: Reed Karman

In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Instanbul. It means in the city. It is the largest city in Turkey. 96% of the population is Muslim, 2% nonreligious and 1% Christian.

We read a weird poem about beetles.

In Bible we started Nahum. In the Muslim golden age they weighed money instead of counting it. In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Damascus. It is named after Damshak. It has 2,600,000 people. The population is 87% Muslim.

You cannot taste a food until it is wet.

In Bible we started a new book, Obadiah.

In the Muslim golden age they drank out of linen straws. In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Amman. It means protected by Amman, a local god. It is the capital of Jordan It has large oil deposits and is getting richer. 93% of the people are Muslims, 5% percent are Christian and 3% are nonreligious.

We read weird poem about an anteater.

In Saudi Arabia all citizens have to be Muslim. It also is a monarchy.

The way Muslims converted was missionaries were sent out and were army escorted. The army was ordered to kill all resistors.

In 100 Gateway cities we learned about Manama.

In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Doha. It means half circle. It i the capital of Qatar. An 83% of the population is Muslim.

We read two poems today about eggs and tasting words.

In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about the capital of the U.A.E It has  897,000 people. 75% of them are muslims, 16% of them are Christian and 80% of the christians are foreigners.

We started a World Book article about the Middle East. It means the Near East. In the Muslims there is a division because some people think there ruler should be elected and some people think he should be born into place. The division is called the Sunnis and the Shias.

In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Masqat. It is the capital of Oman. It means anchorage, which means falling.

We read a weird poem about stars.

In Science we read a page I already read for fun. It was about dying.