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| Arabian Desert |
a very dry region that covers a large part of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Oman, and stretches into Jordan and Iraq. |
| Dead Sea |
a large salt lake between the countries of Israel and Jordan. The Dead Sea lies at about 1300 feet below sea level, which makes it the lowest known place on the surface of the earth. |
| dinar |
the main unit of money in Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Serbia, and Tunisia. |
| Iraq |
Iraq is a country on the continent of Asia. It is in an area of the world called the Middle East. Some of Iraq's neighbors are Jordan and Iran. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow through Iraq. The land between these rivers is famous in the history of the world. It is where some of the earliest human civilizations that we know about developed. Most people in modern Iraq speak Arabic. Another language that is spoken in Iraq is called Kurdish. |
| Israel |
Israel is a country on the continent of Asia. It is in an area of the world called the Middle East. Israel lies along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Two of its neighbors are Jordan and Lebanon. The land along the sea coast is good for growing crops. Much of Israel is desert, though. People in Israel speak mostly Hebrew and Arabic. Hebrew is the ancient language of the Jewish people, and the majority of the people in Israel are Jewish. Israel's population also includes many Arabs, who speak Arabic. |
| Jordan |
a country in southwestern Asia. It lies east of Israel. Amman is the capital of Jordan. [1/2 definitions] |
| Syria |
a Middle Eastern country on the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Jordan. The capital of Syria is Damascus. |
| West Bank |
an area in the Middle East between the west bank of the Jordan River and the eastern border of Israel. It was once part of Jordan and was taken over by Israel in 1967. |
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