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Berber
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A member of a North African, primarily Muslim people living in settled or nomadic tribes from Morocco to Egypt.
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Nomads
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A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.
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Arabs
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A member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia, whose language and Islamic religion spread widely throughout the Middle East and northern Africa from the seventh century.
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Bedouins
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an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
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Jerusalem
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a city in and the capital of Israel: an ancient holy city and a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; divided between Israel and Jordan 1948–67; Jordanian sector annexed by Israel 1967; capital of Israel since 1950. 407,100.
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Qanat
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a gently sloping underground tunnel for irrigation purposes, esp. in ancient Persia; also called kanat
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Culture Hearth
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The area from which the culture of a group diffused
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Sunni
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A follower of the larger of the two primary denominations of Islam.
The branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad. |
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Ziggurat
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a stepped tower or pyramid of ancient Mesopotamia made of mud and brick
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Cuneiform
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The Sumerian writing style of wedge-shaped characters that are pressed into damp clay with a stylus. Earliest documented writing.
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Sheikhdom
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The term is generally used descriptively for political systems rather than as a noun (such as "Kingdom"), and although some countries such as Kuwait are ruled by a sheikh, they are not referred to as sheikdoms.
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Pashtun
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who number about 7.5 million in Afghanistan and 14 million in Pakistan, constitute the majority of the population of Afghanistan. Their origins are unclear: Pashtun tradition asserts that they are descended from Afghana, grandson of King Saul of Israel
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Mujahideen
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A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.
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Samarqand
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A city of southern Uzbekistan southwest of Tashkent.
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Taliban
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Political and religious faction and militia that came to power in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s.
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