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From the Ted Talk by Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn: A day in the Islamic Golden Age

Unscramble the Blue Letters


They intend to travel with the big hajj caravan that is protected by the caliph soldiers. The clapih Al-Rashid himself is also traveling with the craaavn this year. The hajj caravan is like a massive mobile city, with solirdes, cooks, doctors and merchants, sertnavs and enslaved peolpe. The journey is long, with dangers like disease, robbery, and dehydration. Because of these perils, Hisham and Asma want to travel with the larger group— but a last-minute mishap taethenrs to undo months of careful planning.

When the siblings visit the mkreat to check on the supplies they’ve purchased, the mnrceaht tells them one of their camels has fallen ill, and he doesn't have any replacements.

Open Cloze


They intend to travel with the big hajj caravan that is protected by the caliph soldiers. The ______ Al-Rashid himself is also traveling with the _______ this year. The hajj caravan is like a massive mobile city, with ________, cooks, doctors and merchants, ________ and enslaved ______. The journey is long, with dangers like disease, robbery, and dehydration. Because of these perils, Hisham and Asma want to travel with the larger group— but a last-minute mishap _________ to undo months of careful planning.

When the siblings visit the ______ to check on the supplies they’ve purchased, the ________ tells them one of their camels has fallen ill, and he doesn't have any replacements.

Solution


  1. caliph
  2. soldiers
  3. servants
  4. people
  5. caravan
  6. threatens
  7. market
  8. merchant

Original Text


They intend to travel with the big hajj caravan that is protected by the caliph soldiers. The caliph Al-Rashid himself is also traveling with the caravan this year. The hajj caravan is like a massive mobile city, with soldiers, cooks, doctors and merchants, servants and enslaved people. The journey is long, with dangers like disease, robbery, and dehydration. Because of these perils, Hisham and Asma want to travel with the larger group— but a last-minute mishap threatens to undo months of careful planning.

When the siblings visit the market to check on the supplies they’ve purchased, the merchant tells them one of their camels has fallen ill, and he doesn't have any replacements.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. asma
  2. big
  3. caliph
  4. camels
  5. caravan
  6. careful
  7. check
  8. city
  9. cooks
  10. dangers
  11. dehydration
  12. disease
  13. doctors
  14. enslaved
  15. fallen
  16. hajj
  17. hisham
  18. ill
  19. intend
  20. journey
  21. larger
  22. long
  23. market
  24. massive
  25. merchant
  26. merchants
  27. mishap
  28. mobile
  29. months
  30. people
  31. perils
  32. planning
  33. protected
  34. purchased
  35. replacements
  36. robbery
  37. servants
  38. siblings
  39. soldiers
  40. supplies
  41. tells
  42. threatens
  43. travel
  44. traveling
  45. undo
  46. visit
  47. year