My Teenage Life in Egypt

S eries G lossary of K ey T erms

arable land  land suitable for cultivation and the growing of crops commodity  a raw material that has value and is regularly bought and sold cuisine  cooking that is characteristic of a particular country, region, or restaurant destabilize  damage, disrupt, undermine dynasties  long periods of time during which one extended family rules a place industrialization  the process in which an economy is transformed from mainly agricultural to one based on manufacturing goods infrastructure  buildings, roads, services, and other things that are necessary for a society to function lunar calendar  a calendar based on the period from one moon to the next. Each cycle is 28 1/2 to 29 days, so the lunar year is about 354 days parliamentary  describes a government in which a body of cabinet ministers is chosen from the legislature and act as advisers to the chief of state (or prime minister) resonate  echo and reverberate; stay current through time sovereignty  having supreme power and authority venerate  treat with great respect

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