Question

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Africa is .............. second largest continent. Although it begins less than fifty miles south

of Spain, Africa remained ............ mystery to .................. old world explorers for of years. The northern part of Africa is ............. huge bleak desert - ............... Sahara –

which made overland travel from ...............Mediterranean coast difficult and dangerous.

Added to this, ................ Arabs who lived there did not welcome Christians and without

their help ............... journey was just about impossible. It was not until ...............

eighteenth century that northern explorers managed to get past ................. Sahara desert

in ‘darkest Africa’.

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