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Ethnic groups in the Middle East

  • KurdsThe name Kurd first appeared in Assyrian records as a toponym for an area near the upper Tigris basin. Ancient Sumerian tablets from the 3rd millennium BC…
  • JewsThe Merneptah Stele, dated to approximately 1200 BCE, bears the earliest known inscription mentioning a people called Israel.
  • BedouinThe English word bedouin comes from the Arabic badawī, which means desert-dweller. This term traditionally contrasts with hādir, the designation for…