Middle East and North Africa
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A political party that rued Iraq from 1968 to 2003.

Money that leaves other areas of the world seeking a location with strong secrecy laws where money can be hidden and invested without scrutiny.

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

The recreation of a transnational authority guided by Islamic principles and is a long held belief of many Sunni fundamentalists.

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

A sect of Islam distinct from Shia in that its adherents do not believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.

The period in Europe from roughly 500 to 1100 associated with limited urban growth, economic development or knowledge production.

A trade cartel of oil producing states, mostly Middle Eastern that uses its power to influence global oil markets.

An austere form of Sunni fundamentalism in the Islam religion that is heavily promoted by Saudi Arabia.

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

A more formalized written standard form of Arabic that is commonly used across the Arab-speaking world, in contrast to the multiple forms of spoken Arabic.

An organized killing of a particular ethnic group.

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