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Re:Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898 by BeetleB on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:53AM (#28388776)
No mention on which part of the Middle East this is?
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Re:Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898 by Teracotage on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:23AM (#28389500)
In Syrai Badia, is a region of desert, semi-desert and steppe covering 500,000 square meters, Bedduin is mostly derived from Badia or primitive in Arabic.
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Re:Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898 by rvense on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:22AM (#28389497)
It both mentions Jerusalem and shows the pyramids, so they are not from one place.
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Re:Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898 by yosito on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:30AM (#28388949)
All of it. They were nomads.
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Re:Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898 by anonleb4 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:06AM (#28388837)
The term wasn't really used before the mid 1900s. It's a relatively recent term.
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