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- 5. the presence of people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds or identities
- 6. 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
- 9. the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices.
- 11. the bed or valley of a stream in regions of southwestern Asia and northern Africa that is usually dry except during the rainy season and that often forms an oasis
- 13. the region where the first settled agricultural communities of the Middle East and Mediterranean basin are thought to have originated by the early 9th millennium bce. The term was popularized by the American Orientalist James Henry Breasted.
- 15. the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
- 16. a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert
- 17. a business that does work for a customer, and occasionally provides goods, but is not involved in manufacturing.
- 21. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- 22. a body of porous rock or sediment saturated with groundwater.
- 23. the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
- 26. the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.
- 28. that part of agriculture that deals with animal livestock such as goats, chickens, yaks, camels, sheep, and bovine
- 29. the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
- 30. : a chemical isolated or derived from petroleum or natural gas.
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- 1. a nomadic Arab of the desert.
- 2. between the Red Sea and
- 3. pyramidal stepped temple tower that is an architectural and religious structure characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia (now mainly in Iraq) from approximately 2200 until 500 bce
- 4. the monotheistic religion of the Jewish people.
- 7. a Muslim place of worship.
- 8. an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle, where a river splits and spreads out into several branches before entering the sea.
- 10. a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds.
- 12. the process of removing salt from seawater.
- 14. a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia
- 18. relating to earthquakes or other vibrations of the earth and its crust.
- 19. the modern Persian language, a member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family written in Arabic script.
- 20. the seeds that come from grasses such as wheat, millet, rice, barley, oats, rye, triticale, sorghum, and maize
- 24. an underground aqueduct used (as in the Middle East) to convey water from a source (such as an aquifer) through the force of gravity especially for the purpose of irrigation
- 25. spot in a desert, where water is found.
- 27. a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.