Arab
عرب
Member of a
Semitic people living in the
Middle East and northern
Africa :
-Mentioned in ancient sources from
Egypt,
Mesopotamia, and
Greece from 9th cent. BCE
-Rulers of region in northern
Arabia/
Syria, 5th cent. BCE-2nd cent. CE
-Originally a social institution and military organization
-Hellenized Ancient Arabian kingdoms: Nabateans and Petra
Before
Islam, the term referred to nomadic peoples of the Arabian Peninsula; it came to apply to
Arabic-speaking peoples from Africa to rabian Peninsula after their acceptance of Islam. Traditionally, some Arabs are desert-dwelling pastoral Bedouins, whereas others live by oases and in small, isolated farming villages.
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Wikipedia) - The araB gene promoter is a bacterial promoter, activated by e L-arabinose binding. araB
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