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nomands
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groups of people who move form place to place depending on the season and availability of grass for grazing and water
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Bedouins
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peple who migrated to north Africa from deserts in southwest Aisa
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morcocco
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north african people ahve had continous contact with Europe for hundres of year, most notably in morocco, algeria, and tunisia
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algeria
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north african people ahve had continous contact with Europe for hundres of year, most notably in morocco, algeria, and tunisia
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Tunisia
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north african people ahve had continous contact with Europe for hundres of year, most notably in morocco, algeria, and tunisia
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infrastructure
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basic urban necessities such as streets and utilities
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domesticate
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adapt animals or plants from the wild for such uses as food, clothing, and transportation
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hieroglyphics
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a form of picture writting
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nationalism
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or a belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own indenpdent country
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suez Canal
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an important shipping lane that connects the mediterranean sea to the red sea across egypt, ha smade egypt a kye regional power
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monotheism
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or belief in one god
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prophets
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messangers
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mosque
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a house of worship where muslims pray
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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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rich agricultural region
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persian empire
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extended across the region
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embargo
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a ban on trade, on iol when it became angered over the arab-israeli war
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ziggurats
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which were shapred like pyramids and rose high above the flat landscape
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Hajj
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to Makkah at least once in their life
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Silk road
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a trade route connecting China with the mediterranean sea
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