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- 1. Fertile place in a desert due to the presence of water.
- 4. Middle Eastern water pipe that has a long, flexible tube for drawing the smoke through water in a vase or bowl, cooling it.
- 6. Cultivated desert palm tree that has a short, wide trunk, large leaves, and bears dates.
- 8. Room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept.
- 10. Individual who comes from, or whose ancestors come from, the Arabian peninsula.
- 12. Region in southern Spain that borders both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
- 14. Traditional story of unknown authorship, usually with a historical basis, but usually serving to explain some phenomenon of nature, the origin of man, or the customs, institutions, religious rites, etc., of a people.
- 15. Fig tree native to Egypt.
- 17. Region on the Eastern Mediterranean, including all countries bordering the sea between Greece and Egypt.
- 18. Wind that brings moisture inland from the oceans to the east.
- 19. Thing or happening believed to foretell a future event, either good or evil.
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- 2. beetle Black, winged dung beetle held sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- 3. Ancient kingdom, as well as a contemporary country, in northeast Africa.
- 5. Company of travelers, especially of merchants or pilgrims, who remain together for safety, as through a desert.
- 7. Strong wind that blows over the Mediterranean area from the east.
- 9. Arabic name for a desert sandstorm.
- 11. Large oasis in Egypt thought to predate the Pharaohs.
- 13. Early form of chemistry, with philosophical and magical associations, studied in the Middle Ages. Its main goals were to change lead or other cheap metal into gold and to discover an elixir of perpetual youth. Also, an archaic name for Egypt.
- 16. Short, simple story, usually of an occurrence of a familiar kind, from which a moral or religious lesson may be drawn.