SUBTROPICALHIGH
SUBTROPICALHIGH
CLIMATIC INFLUENCESSubtropical High
D. Hardin
EQUATORIAL LOWInterTropical Convergence Zone
H
H
L
HadleyCell
HadleyCell
23½° N
23½° S
0°
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
≈ 30° N
≈ 30° S
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CLIMATIC INFLUENCESSubtropical High
BIOMES
Sahara
Arabian
Tunisia Libya Siwa, Egypt
BIOMESSubtropical High Desert
Sahara Desert
Morocco Morocco Libya, 1942
Algeria Sudan Egypt
Oracle of AmunD. Hardin
Tunisia
Libya
Morocco
Subtropical High DesertSahara Desert
Erg
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BIOMES
Subtropical High DesertTunisia
Lars HomesteadBen Kenobi’s home
Luke Skywalker
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BIOMES
Subtropical High DesertArabian Desert
Rub al Khali
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BIOMES
Rainshadow DesertIranian Desert
Great Salt Desert
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BIOMES
Rainshadow DesertIranian Desert
qanat
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BIOMES
Rainshadow DesertIranian Desert
qanat
D. Hardin
BIOMES
Mediterranean
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Maghreb
BIOMES
Turkey
Mediterranean
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Levant
West Bank
Cedars of Lebanon
Cyprus
BIOMES
BIOMES
Caucasus
Zagros
Elburz
Mixed forests
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Turkey - north
Turkey - south
Caucasus Mts.
Elburz Mts.
Zagros Mts.
Tehran, IranBIOMES
Steppe
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Turkey
central east
Jordan
SyriaBIOMES
FERTILE CRESCENTBIOMES
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FERTILE CRESCENT
Jericho
Çatalhöyük
FERTILE CRESCENTPlant & Animal Domestication
wild grasses
wheat
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auroch
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FERTILE CRESCENTNeolithic Period
Jericho10000-9000 BCE - present
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FERTILE CRESCENTNeolithic Period
Çatalhöyük7500 BCE to 5700 BCE
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FERTILE CRESCENT
Jericho
Çatalhöyük
POTAMIA
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MESO
Euphrates
Tigris
MESOPOTAMIAUr
D. Hardinziggurat
MESOPOTAMIABabylon
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Ishtar Gate
Hanging Gardens
MESOPOTAMIA
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MESOPOTAMIA
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Epic of Gilgamesh Hammurabi’s Code
Riparian oasis
BIOMES
Riparian oasis
D. Hardin
Tigris and Euphrates RiversEuphrates Tigris
BIOMES
Riparian oasis
D. Hardin
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
IRAQ
IRAN
Baghdad
Destruction of the Mesopotamian Marshes
1973 2000
BIOMES
Riparian oasis
D. Hardin
Tigris and Euphrates RiversRestoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes
BIOMES
Riparian oasis
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Nile River
BIOMES
Riparian oasis
D. Hardin
Hapi
Nile River
BIOMES
D. Hardin
Riparian oasisNile River
BIOMES
D. Hardin
Aswan High Dam
Riparian oasisNile River
BIOMES
D. Hardin
Riparian oasisNile River
BIOMES
D. Hardin
Riparian oasisNile River
BIOMES
D. Hardin
Riparian oasisNile RiverAbu Simbel
BIOMES
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Riparian oasisNile RiverAbu Simbel
BIOMES