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