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Directions: After you have finished reading answer the following questions.

1) What does the word Arab mean?

2) Describe what a Bedouin’s living condition was like?

3) Where does the word Semite come from?

4) How did Abraham’s family affect the formation of the Arab people?

5) Why was Mecca(Makkah) able to become a prosperous trading center?

6) Why was Mecca(Makkah) also an important religious center?

7) Why were there feuds between different families?