Arabs
Although there are references to Arabs in ancient Assyrian and Babylonian inscriptions, which use the names Aribi or Arabu to identify the nomadic people living in northern Arabia, today the term identifies the Arabic-speaking peoples who inhabit the countries of North Africa and western Asia. The Arabs of western Asia inhabit modern-day Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Yemen, and former Palestine, today comprising Israel and the Occupied Territories of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza.
Though the Arabic language is the most obvious trait Arabs share, all the Arabs of western Asia—the Muslim majority and the.....
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