Vast sandy deserts nearly devoid of life, almost as desolate steppes, little rain and hard-to-survive summer day heat. This is what Tropical Dry climates feel like.

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Mideastern city

Mideastern city

Northern Middle East has been the birthplace of “city” as such and the region’s cities are among the world’s longest continuously-inhabitted territories. Vast white new neighborhoods thus surround downtowns which are like history books.

Arabic script

Arabic script

Arabic script is closely associated with Islam. Holy Quran must be read in Arabic thus people who converted into Islam learned the language and the script. It is thus used to write the languages of most muslim nations.