Anthony's vocabulary words for North Africa and SW Asia
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| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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| hieroglyphics | Egyptian writing system using pictures and symbols to represent words or sounds
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| monotheism | belief in one god
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| desalination | the removal of salt from sea water to make it useable for drinking and farming
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| Hebrew | member of one of the Jewish tribes of ancient times
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| nationalism | belief in the right of each people to be an independent nation
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| Ziggurat | large step-like temple of mud brick built in anceint Mesopotamia
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| petrochemical | chemical product derived from petroleam
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| aquifer | underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand or gravel
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| Aswan High Dam | giant dam in southeastern Egypt on the Nile
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| terrorism | act of terrorizing, use of terror, violence or intimidation
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| Koran | the sacred book of the Muslims containing the religious and moral code of Islam
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| Bible | Christian holy book
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| Wadi | in a desert, a streambed that is dry except during a heavy raing
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| phosphate | a chemical compound often used in fertalizers
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| cereal | any grain such as barley, oats or wheat grown for food
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| cuneiform | Sumerian writing system using wedged shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets
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| quanat | underground canals used in water systems of ancient Persians
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| prophet | person believed to be a messenger from God
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| suq | an enclosed marketplace in the region of North Africa and southwest Africa
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| oasis | small area in a desert where water and vegitation are found because of underground springs
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| mosque | in Islam, a house of public worship
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| bedouin | member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia
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| refinery | place or establishment where some crude substances such as petroleum, sugar, or grain is broken down and its usable components are extracted for purification
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| Torah | the Jewish holy book
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| nomad | describing a way of life in which a group travel from place to place rather than establishing a permanent settlement
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