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18 Cards in this Set
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Nomads
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a member of a wandering pastoral people.
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Bedouins
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a member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia
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Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
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French, Spanish Muslims, Romans, and Jews have all lived there and influenced the culture
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Infrastructure
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the basic urban necessities like streets and utilities
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Domesticate
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to adapt plants and animals from the wild to make them useful to people
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Hieroglyphics
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belonging to an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures and symbols represent words or sounds.
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Nationalism
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belief in the right of each people to be an independent nation
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Suez Canal
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a shipping lane that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea
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Monotheism
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belief in one God
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Prophets
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person believed to be a messenger from God
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Mosque
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in Islam, a house of public worship
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Mesopotamia
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the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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Fertile Crescent
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in northern Egypt, has rich soil, and large part in agricultural
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Persian Empire
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one of the biggest empires, Asian region
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Embargo
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a ban on trade
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Ziggurats
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large step-like temple of mud brick built in ancient in ancient Mesopotamia
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Hajj
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in Islam, the yearly pilgrimage to Makkah
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Silk Road
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trade route connecting China with the Mediterranean Sea
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