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18 Cards in this Set
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Nomads
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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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is part of the Maghreb region, in addition to Tunisia, Algeria, ... made of the Berber word combination Mur n Akush
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Infrastructure
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A violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules.
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Domesticate
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Of or relating to the running of a home or to family relations.
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Hieroglyphics
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Enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing
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nationalism
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An extreme form of this, esp. marked by a feeling of superiority over other countries.
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Suez Canal
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A shipping canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea at Port Said with the Red Sea. It was constructed 1859–69.
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Monotheism
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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: "the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah".
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Mosque
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A Muslim place of worship.
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Mesopotamia
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An ancient region of southwestern Asia in present-day Iraq.
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Fertile Crescent
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A crescent-shaped area of fertile land in the Middle East that extends from the eastern Mediterranean coast through the valley of the
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Persian Empire
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Persia: an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th
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Embargo
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An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
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Ziggurats
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A rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple
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Hajj
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The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year, expected once of all Muslims.
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Silk Road
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An ancient caravan route that linked Xian in central China with the eastern Mediterranean.
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