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Arabs
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...Arabs, name originally applied to the Semitic peoples of the Arabian Peninsula. It now refers to...and Jordan). Socially, the Arabs are divided into two groups...and in the Middle Ages the Arabs came to be called Saracens......
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Arab-Israeli Wars
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......states. Tensions between Israel and the Arabs have been complicated and heightened by the...war, armed conflicts between Jews and Arabs had been frequent since Great Britain received...British troops and against Palestinian Arabs supported by the Arab League, and they had......
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Berbers
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......their conquest in the 7th cent. by Muslim Arabs, most of the Berbers were Christian...protests against the rule of Rome. Under the Arabs, the Berbers became Islamized and soon...the Berbers repeatedly rose against the Arabs, and in the 9th cent. they supported......
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Jaffa
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......rebuilt city of Jaffa was conquered by the Arabs in 636. The Crusaders took it in 1126...I retook the city in 1191. In 1196 the Arabs again captured Jaffa, and in the 16th...Jaffa, which was largely inhabited by Arabs, and the adjoining Jewish city of Tel......
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Sassanid
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......the country fell under the power of the Arabs. The last Sassanid king died a fugitive...had been forced to yield Ctesiphon to the Arabs in 636. Under the Sassanids, who revived...reign in 632. His struggle against the Arabs ended in the fall of the Sassanid dynasty......
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West Bank
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......is regarded as part of the West Bank by Arabs; however, Israel has incorporated it...Bank consists of Sunni Muslim Palestinian Arabs, many of whom live in large, impoverished...the rest are mainly Christian Palestinian Arabs. Arabic, Hebrew, and English are spoken......
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Ur
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......recovered. A record dated 324 BC mentions it as being inhabited by Arabs, but by that time its existence as a great city was forgotten...15.7; Neh. 9.7) and was at one period known to the Arabs as Tall al-Muqayyar [mound of pitch]. See C. L. Woolley......
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Saracens
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...Saracens (sâr´əsənz), term commonly used by medieval Europeans to designate the Arabs and, by extension, the Muslims in general, whether they were Arabs, Moors, or Seljuk Turks....
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Zanzibar (semi-autonomous archipelago and island, Tanzania)
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......Nonetheless, their cultural impact proved to be minimal. In 1698, Arabs from Oman ousted the Portuguese from E Africa, including Zanzibar...island by planting thousands of clove trees.Said brought many Arabs with him, and they gained control of Zanzibar's fertile soil......
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sword
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......During the Middle Ages the best blades were those made by the Arabs in Damascus and Toledo. Swords were widely used in the Middle...well as in Europe. The scimitar, used by the Persians and Arabs, is a curved steel sword. One of the best known of the East......