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  1. 6. the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
  2. 8. chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining
  3. 11. denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly on clay tablets.
  4. 14. Soil Deposit- loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings.
  5. 15. a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below.
  6. 16. an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
  7. 19. a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.
  8. 21. the modern Persian language, a member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family written in Arabic script.
  9. 23. Mountains- extend some 2,500km across northwestern Africa, spanning Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, separating the Atlantic and Mediterranean coastline from the Sahara Desert.
  10. 25. Industry- a business that does work for a customer, and occasionally provides goods, but is not involved in manufacturing.
  11. 27. Crescent- the boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations.
  12. 28. an Abrahamic monotheistic religion whose central text, the Quran, is considered by followers, known as Muslims, to be the word of God.
  13. 29. process of removing salts or other minerals and contaminants from seawater, brackish water, and wastewater effluent.
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  1. 1. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
  2. 2. Peninsula- a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
  3. 3. Domestic Product- the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.
  4. 4. places where Mesopotamian gods were worshiped.
  5. 5. Delta- 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.
  6. 7. a place of worship for Muslims.
  7. 9. Diversity- the presence of people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds or identities.
  8. 10. a nomadic Arab of the desert.
  9. 12. a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season.
  10. 13. an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people.
  11. 17. a fertile spot in a desert, where water is found.
  12. 18. an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries.
  13. 20. part of agriculture that deals with animal livestock such as goats, chickens, yaks, camels, sheep, and bovine, etc.
  14. 22. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust
  15. 24. Grains- the seeds that come from grasses such as wheat, millet, rice, barley, oats, rye, triticale, sorghum, and maize.
  16. 26. Gulf-The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.