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	Info and facts on 'Siwa Oasis' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Agriculture (The class of people engaged in growing food) is the main activity, primarily the growing of date (A meeting arranged in advance) s and olive (One-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish) s.
		Although the oasis is known to have been settled for at least 12,000 years, there is no evidence of any connection with ancient Egypt (additional info and facts about ancient Egypt) until the 26th Dynasty (additional info and facts about 26th Dynasty), when a necropolis (A tract of land used for burials) was established.
		The oasis was officially added to Egypt by Muhammad Ali (United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)) in 1819, but his rule was tenuous and marked by several revolts.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/siwa_oasis.htm (316 words)

	The Henna Page - The Encyclopedia of Henna - Henna for Children in Siwa Oasis, Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Siwa Oasis is an area of over one thousand springs in northwestern Egypt, near the Libyan border.
		The people of Siwa are genetically related to Algerian Amazigh, and their customs are distinct from people who live in the Nile delta and eastern deserts.
		When a new child was born in a Siwan village in the during and up to the mid-twentieth century, the mother rested quietly with her infant for the first week or more, in the privacy of her home.
	www.hennapage.com /henna/encyclopedia/circumcision/siwaboys.html (1178 words)

	Oasis
		In physical geography, an oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source.
		For example the oases of Awjila, Ghadames and Kufra, situated in modern-day Libya, have at various times been vital to both North-South and East-West trade in the Sahara desert.
		The word oasis is from the Arabic language.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/oa/oasis.html (190 words)

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