Accelerated Arabian Vocabulary

Nomads – a member of a group that moves from place to place followingFood, water and grazing land for their Herds.

Oases – spot offertile land in adesert, fed by water from wellsor undergroundsprings.

Pilgrimage – a journey to a holy place or shine.

Tribes – any system of social organization made up of villages, bands, or other groups with a common ancestry, language, culture, and name.

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Shaikh – tribe leader who was a respectedleader who would lead the tribe and settle family or tribal disputes.

Deserts are land areas that receive less than 10 inches of rain a year.

Deserts have an extremely warm and dry climate

Juniper – an evergreen bush or tree

Culture – all the things that make up a peoples entire way of life.

Peninsula – a piece of land projecting into the water from a larger land mass.

Frankincense – a wood that when burned produced a sweet-smelling smoke whichwas used to mask the odor of unwashedbodies and when burned outside it would keep out the insects.

Climate – the weather conditions of a certain region generalized or averaged over a period of years; the prevailing atmosphere.

Aqueduct – a conduit for carrying a large quantity of flowing water, a bridge-like structure supporting a canal over a river.

Myrrh – used in potion designed to ease headaches, the pain of childbirth, and joint stiffness as wellAs an embalming ingredient to keepbodies smelling fresh.

Caravan – a single file of pack animals journeying together to transport goods.

Dune – a ridge or hill of sand blown ordrifted by the wind.

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