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Middle East Vocabula

TermDefinition
Aquifer An underground layer of rock through which water flows
Delta An area where sand, silt, clay, and/or gravel is dropped off at the mouth of a river
Hieroglyphics   The system of writing (in Ancient Egypt) that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words
Irrigate To supply (crop) lands with water through ditches or pipes
Monotheism Belief in one god
Nomad A person who lives by moving from place to place to follow and hunt herds of migrating animals or to lead herds of grazing animals to fresh pastures
Oasis   A fertile area that rises in a desert wherever water is readily available (at the surface)
Pharaoh   The name for a powerful ruler in Ancient Egypt
Polytheism  Belief in more than one god
Prophet   A messenger of God
Silt Small particles of rich soil (that get deposited along river banks during floods and at the delta at the mouth of a river)
Souk A large, open-air market in North African and Southwest Asian countries
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