Geography of Egypt and Canaan

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Environmental factors affect where humans settle and how they live

Environmental Factors

Water1. Drinking water

2. Bathe (stop disease)

3. Food (fish)

4. Grow crops

5. Transportation

Topography1. Farming (open, flat, fertile land)

Coastal plains and river valleys

2. Mountains and deserts- Not good for settlement; provide protection

Vegetation1. Food

2. Shelter

3. Products-tools, rope, medicine….

4. Shade/ Make it pretty

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• Why did you choose to settle in the place you settled?

• Positive aspects?

• Negative aspects

• If you had to move from your site, where would you go and why?

Why were human settlements located in the places you selected?

Water• Nile River

– Fresh water(drink, bathe, food)– Natural Irrigation– Fertilization (silt)

• Mediterranean Sea– Food (fish)– Transportation (trade route)

• Red Sea– Not so great…salty, too hot desert– Transportation

• Nile River Valley-Flat land– North… wide plains were watered by the Nile’s

flooding– South…Flat land around the bends in the river

• Deserts (Nubian, Arabian, Libyan)– Formed natural barriers to protect the people

Why were human settlements located in the places you selected?

Topography

• Nile River Valley– Plentiful– Useful plants including reed and papyrus

Why were human settlements located in the places you selected?

Vegetation

Present day map of the Nile River

• Why did you choose to settle in the place you settled?

• Positive aspects?

• Negative aspects

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Floating in the Dead Sea

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View FROM Israel looking TOWARDS Jordan

Present day Dead Sea- Rocks to upper left show 1978 shoreline

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Satellite photos show salt evaporation and how the northern half of the Dead Sea is separated from the south end

• Jordan River (didn’t flood)- Food

-Water for irrigation• Mediterranean Sea

– Transportation (trade)– Food

• Sea of Galilee (Fresh water lake)– Food (fish)– Fertile land and water for irrigation

Why were human settlements located in the places you selected?

Water

• Flat land – Coastal plains by Mediterranean Sea

and near Jordan River

– Desert and Mts.• Natural barriers

Why were human settlements located in the places you selected?

Topography

• Most plentiful by Jordan River

• Farming is harder- soil is rocky and hard, not fertilized by silt

• People herd sheep and goats (nomads)

Why were human settlements located in the places you selected?

Vegetation

Ohio map- Where did people settle?