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Arid Empire The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia

Natalie Koch

A revelatory new history of the colonization of the American West The iconic deserts of the American southwest could not have been colonized and settled without the help of desert experts from the Middle East. For example: In 1856, a caravan of thirty-three camels arrived in Indianola, Texas

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Freakonomics Radio

It was mentioned as a source for the episode. This book examines the complex connection between Arizona and Saudi Arabia, highlighting the historical and political factors that have led to their intertwined destinies.

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It's about a really unusual relationship between Arizona and Saudi Arabia. You wouldn't think that they would have anything in common.

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It was mentioned as a source for the episode. This book examines the complex connection between Arizona and Saudi Arabia, highlighting the historical and political factors that have led to their intertwined destinies.

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It's about a really unusual relationship between Arizona and Saudi Arabia. You wouldn't think that they would have anything in common.

Okay, let's go back in time to see the genesis of the relationship between Arizona and Arabia.

There once was a man named Carl Twitchell.

Carl Twitchell is quite a character, let's say.

He was an American mining engineer.

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