After the Lesson AGREE DISAGREE r r AGREE/DISAGREE Before tho Lesson Statements about Saudi AGREE DISAGREE and Israeli Literature 1 The period before the writing of the Qur'an and the rise of Islam is known to Muslims as the period of ignorance 2. The expansion of the Arab people in the 7' and 8 centuries brought them into contact with a vanety of people who would affect their culture and the most significant of these was the ancient civilization of Israel change to Persia 3. The terms Israeli, Israelite, Hebrew and Jew are synonymous and can be interchangeably used in literature, religion and politics 4. Jewish writers began to write in Hebrew addition to their various national languages because Hebrew at that time was the language of the Holy scripture. 5. A key ingredient of the Israeli public persona is that Jews are tough, emotional, hardened and ruthless