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Nomads
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1.A member of a people who have no permanent abode and travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
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Bedouins
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a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs
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Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
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a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956; "southern Tunisia is mostly desert"
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Infrastructure
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1.The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise
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Domesticate
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1.Tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce
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Hieroglyphics
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1.Writing consisting of hieroglyphs
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nationalism
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1.Patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts
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Suez Canal
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1.A shipping canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea at Port Said with the Red Sea. It was constructed between 1859 and 1869 under the direction of Ferdinand de Lesseps. From 1888 it was a neutral zone under British protection; its nationalization by Egypt in 1956 prompted the Suez crisis
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Monotheism
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1.The doctrine or belief that there is only one God
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Prophets
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1.A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God
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Mosque
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1.A Muslim place of worship
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Mesopotamia
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1.An ancient region of southwestern Asia in present-day Iraq, lying between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Its alluvial plains were the site of the civilizations of Akkad, Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria
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Fertile Crescent
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1.A crescent-shaped area of fertile land in the Middle East that extends from the eastern Mediterranean coast through the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to the Persian Gulf. It was the center of the Neolithic development of agriculture (from 7000 bc), and the cradle of the Assyrian, Sumerian, and Babylonian civilizations
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Persian Empire
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an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC
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Embargo
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1.An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
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Ziggurats
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1.(in ancient Mesopotamia) A rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium bc and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9)
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Hajj
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1.The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year, and that all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime
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Silk Road
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1.An ancient caravan route that linked Xian in central China with the eastern Mediterranean. It was established during the period of Roman rule in Europe and took its name from the silk that was brought to the west from China
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