Geography of the Middle East • The region known as the Middle East straddles three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa • It has connected major trade routes since ancient times between Europe, India, and China • People, ideas, goods, and religions have originated in and flowed through this region
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Geography of the Middle East
• The region known as the Middle East straddles three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa
• It has connected major trade routes since ancient times between Europe, India, and China
• People, ideas, goods, and religions have originated in and flowed through this region
Five Regions of the Middle East The Northern Tier
The Arabian Peninsula
The Fertile Crescent
The Nile River Valley
The Maghreb
The Northern Tier
• Stretches across Turkey and Iran
• Region of mountains and plateaus
• Consists of the Anatolian Plateau and the Iranian Plateau
Anatolian Plateau
• Fertile soil• Conducive to farming
Iranian Plateau
Very drySparsely populated
Mountains of the Northern Tier
• Pontic Mountains in northern Turkey• Taurus Mountains in southern Turkey• Zagros Mountains in western Iran
Arabian Peninsula
Small population
Lack of water BUT lots and lots of oil!!!
Birthplace of Islam
Saudi Pipeline
Al-Masjid al-Haram (The Holy Mosque)
The Fertile Crescent
• Arc-shaped region that stretches from the Tigris and Euphrates river valley to the Persian Gulf
• Is prone to flooding• Constantly invaded by foreign powers
throughout history:Sumerians-Hittites-Assyrians-Babylonians-
Persians-Greeks-Parthians-Romans-Arabs-Ottomans- British and French-United States???
The Fertile Crescent
The Nile Valley
• Enjoyed a safer and more reliable flood season than Mesopotamia
Nile River Valley cont’d
• Protected from invaders by deserts to the West and East
Nile River Valley cont’d
• The Nile River Valley gave rise to the civilization of Ancient Egypt
The Maghreb
• Means “western isle.”• Most people live along the coast• Region is bordered by the Sahara Desert to the