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MESOPOTAMIA 



"In May sandstorms from the Arab desert strike Bagdad, choking the people with fine, 

 hot dust, obscuring the whole city in a thick, stifling gray cloud. You can see this dust 

 cloud approach from the southwest — a wide, long, lead-covered wave of awful aspect. A 

 fierce wind, its breath like an oven blast, threshes the tall palms and roars through the 

 narrow, mud-walled streets. The thermometer climbs to a sizzling height" (see text, p. 562). 



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