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  1. 4. The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz
  2. 5. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members, it has since 1965 been headquartered in Vienna, Austria, although Austria is not an OPEC member state.
  3. 6. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust.
  4. 8. a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.
  5. 10. Grains A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. The term may also refer to the resulting grain itself
  6. 11. a Muslim place of worship.
  7. 14. Atlas Mountains, series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running generally southwest to northeast to form the geologic backbone of the countries of the Maghrib (the western region of the Arab world)—Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
  8. 15. Soil Deposit a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds.
  9. 16. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.desalination
  10. 18. the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
  11. 19. the monotheistic religion of the Jewish people.
  12. 22. (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).
  13. 24. fertile spot in a desert, where water is found.
  14. 26. The Arabian Peninsula or simply Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. At 3,237,500 km², the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world.
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  1. 1. a nomadic Arab of the desert.
  2. 2. Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions which form its signs.
  3. 3. Petrochemicals are the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining. Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas, or renewable sources such as maize, palm fruit or sugar cane.
  4. 7. A river delta is 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. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or another river that cannot carry away the supplied sediment.
  5. 9. Crescent the monotheistic religion of the Jewish people.
  6. 12. qanat or kariz or foggaras, is a system for transporting water from an aquifer or water well to the surface, through an underground aqueduct.
  7. 13. the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices.
  8. 17. Diversity An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.
  9. 20. (in certain Arabic-speaking countries) a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season.
  10. 21. the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
  11. 23. Domestic Product the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.
  12. 25. Industry a business that does work for a customer, and occasionally provides goods, but is not involved in manufacturing.