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