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The music was popularized outside of South Asia in the late 20th century, owing largely to its promotion by the. Sudan: Relief: β¦of the Sahara; the western Qawz, an area of undulating sand dunes that merges northward into the rock desert; and a central-southern clay plain. After a series of mediocre movies, he again found box-officeβ¦. The present town, which lies in a broad valley, was founded in the 15th century to replace an older town.
Kairouan, town located in north-central Tunisia. The town, one of the holy cities of Islam, lies on the Basse Steppe Low Steppes , a semiarid alluvial plain southeast of the Central Tell. It was built between and and has a massive square form. The tribes feuded constantly, and, after about the middle of the 6th century, the Kindah princes were forced by the local tribesmen to withdraw once more to southern Arabia.
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