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Shami and Levantine Dialect

Arabic:

Mu-haasib (m)

English:

Accountant

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Shibam Shibam, Yemen is the world's oldest skyscraper city, built in the 16th century.

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Geography

posted on: Nov 20, 2020

Some of the world’s oldest civilizations were connected with parts of today’s Middle East. These include the Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian civilizations.

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