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Arabs — Before the Muslim era, most ancient Arabs inhabited dry wastelands lacking arable fields and pastures, and their populations, organized into competing tribes, were small and often nomadic. For these reasons, they did not create any strong,… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
ARABS — Semitic, tribally organized people subsisting through seminomadic and nomadicpastoralism andtrade. They were able to expand throughout the Arabian peninsula after the domestication of the camel in the second millennium and facilitated trade… … Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia
Arabs — Inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula and Syrian desert since long before the rise of Islam (q.v.). Before the fourth century, the caravan trade to Syria (q.v.) gave rise to the Nabataean kingdom with its capital at Petra (q.v.), succeeded by… … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Arabs — Dundee United (so called because their pitch at one time was said to be very sandy and suitable for Arabs) … Scottish slang
Arabs, Palestinians, Islam and Peace in Israeli School Textbooks — is a 2000 2001 and 2001 2002 update by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education to its earlier September 2000 analysis of Israeli textbooks, entitled Arabs and Palestinians in Israeli Textbooks.… … Wikipedia
ARABS vel ARABUS — ARABS, vel ARABUS Apollmis fil. ex Babylone, ut inquit, Plin. l. 7. c. 56. quem artis Medicae repertorem fuisse dicit: forralse, quod Babylone natus ibi medicinae studuerit, postea autem ad Arabas detulerit. Item Arabs, vel Arabus est lapis… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Arabs in Israel — Israel s Declaration of Independence commits to foster the development of the country for the benefit of all inhabitants . . . based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel. Israel s non Jewish citizenry is… … Historical Dictionary of Israel
Arabs in Turkey — In 1995 Turkey s ethnic Arab population was estimated at 800,000 to 1 million according to the US Library of Congress Country Study. [http://www.country data.com/cgi bin/query/r 13939.html] Arabs in Turkey are mostly Alawite Muslims living in the … Wikipedia
Arabs Cuisines of the Persian Gulf — Arab Cuisine of the Persian Gulf are cuisines that shared by of most Arab populations in the Persian Gulf area.HistoryOriginally, the Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula relied heavily on a diet of dates, wheat, barley, rice and meat, with little… … Wikipedia
Arabs Gulf — Lower: Harmsworth s New Atlas of the World ( circa 1922)The Arabs Gulf, also known as the Arab Gulf or Arab Bay (all translating the Arabic name Khalij el Arab) is a large bay to the west of Alexandria in Egypt. It is not to be confused with the… … Wikipedia
