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  1. 5. a nomadic Arab of the desert.
  2. 7. an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest religion, with about 2.5 billion followers
  3. 9. the process of removing salts or other minerals and contaminants from seawater, brackish water, and wastewater effluent
  4. 15. Material deposited by rivers. It consists of silt, sand, clay, and gravel, as well as much organic matter
  5. 16. denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
  6. 18. a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia
  7. 21. a place in a desert where water comes up to the surface from deep underground.
  8. 22. relating to or denoting geological surveying methods involving vibrations produced artificially by explosions.
  9. 23. a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.
  10. 25. a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below.
  11. 28. a landform created by deposition of sediment that is carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or stagnant water.
  12. 29. the world's oldest monotheistic religion, dating back nearly 4,000 years.
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  1. 1. places where Mesopotamian gods were worshipped. They were giant stepped pyramids that towered above the landscape of ancient Mesopotamia.
  2. 2. between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources.
  3. 3. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries
  4. 4. a mode of subsistence that involves raising domestic animals in grassland environments using herd and household mobility
  5. 6. the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.
  6. 8. boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations
  7. 10. he chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining
  8. 11. a business that does work for a customer, and occasionally provides goods, but is not involved in manufacturing.
  9. 12. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
  10. 13. the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
  11. 14. the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
  12. 17. the modern Persian language, a member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family written in Arabic script.
  13. 19. a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert
  14. 20. stems from the Arabic word masjid, meaning "temple" or "place of worship." This building is very important religiously and politically
  15. 24. the seeds that come from grasses such as wheat, millet, rice, barley, oats, rye, triticale, sorghum, and maize
  16. 26. the presence of people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds or identitie
  17. 27. a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season.