HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Arab herders who traveled from oasis to oasis
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Arab farmers
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Arab merchants
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bedouin people (“desert dwellers” in Arabic) originated in the Arabian Peninsula and spread across North Africa and the Levant, moving from place to place in the harsh deserts of the region.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bedouin populations in Southern Sinai (descendants of tribesmen who settled here some 800 years ago) are broken down into 8 tribes. About 7, 000 people live around St Catherine’s. While the largest number belong to the Jabaliya tribe, others are from the Muzeina, Gharaja, Sawalha, Aligheit, Awlad Said and Beni Hassan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Bedouin, (“Bedu” in Arabic, meaning “desert dwellers”) are nomadic people who live in the desert. They mainly live in the Arabian and Syrian deserts, the Sinai in Egypt and the Sahara desert. In total world-wide, there are about 4 million Bedouin. There are Bedouin living in Israel and in Jordan.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Bedouin are nomadic peoples of Arabia known in Arabic as bedu, ˓arab, and a˓rab. They are especially known for keeping camels, whose domestication in the third millenium made trade and raiding-their main occupations-easier.