the cradle of civilization€¦ · the cradle of civilization •where a society of humans began...
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The Cradle of Civilization
• Where a society of humans began
• Iraq more specifically
• Tigris and Euphrates run through
today’s Baghdad
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The Fertile Crescent
The birthplace of civilization!!!
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4 Geographical
Regions of Middle East:
• 1. North Africa
• 2. Arabian Peninsula
• 3. Eastern Mediterranean
• 4. Iran
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Bodies of Water
Tigris River
Nile River
Euphrates River Jordan
River
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Black Sea
Gulf of Aden
Strait of Hormuz
Suez Canal
Dardanelles Strait
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of
Oman
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The Mighty Nile River: “Longest River in the World”
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Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile”
Annual Nile Flooding
Nile Delta
95% of the Egyptian
people live on 5% of the
land!
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Aswan High Dam, Egypt
Hydroelectric
Power Plant
Help control
the Nile River
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Suez Canal Completed by the British in 1869
Connects the Mediterranean Sea
to the Red Sea
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The Tigris & Euphrates River System
Mesopotamia:
”Land Between the Two Rivers”
Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
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Dust Storms Along the Tigris-Euphrates Flood Plains
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The Jordan River
System:
Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over
Water Rights?
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Dead Sea: Lowest Point on Earth
Highest
Salt
Content
(33%)
1350’ below sea level
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Wadis – Instant Springs
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Mountains & Plateaus
Atlas Mts. Zagros Mts.
Iranian Plateau
Anatolian Plateau
Caucasus Mts.
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Mountain Ranges in Mid-East
Elburz Mts., Iran Zagros Mts., Iran
Lebanese Mts. Taurus Mts., Turkey
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Deserts
Sahara Desert
Arabian Desert
Negev Desert
Sinai Desert
Libyan Desert
Rub al-Khali
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Desert Bedouins
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Breeding Areas of Desert Locusts
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Swarms of Desert Locusts!
Locusts Swarm the
Pyramids Complex at
Giza!
Israel Hit By Worst Locust
Plague Since the 1950s!
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Rub al-Khali: “The Empty Quarter”
One of the driest regions
in world – mostly
uninhabited & unexplored
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The Middle East: Natural Vegetation
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The Natural Resources of the Middle East
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Fresh Groundwater Sources
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Desalinization Plants
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Middle East: Climate Regions
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Middle East: Population Density
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• PCGDP - $31, 500
• Democratic
• Life Expectancy - 81
• Technology
• Exports
• Literacy Rate- 97%
Most Developed Nation in ME:
Israel
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World Oil Reserves
75% of the world’s oil
reserves are in the Middle
East
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Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)
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Saudi Oil Fields & Refineries
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Kuwait: An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil
Kuwait
City
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• What does it do?
1. Controls worldwide oil prices
2. Adjusts oil prices & production
3. POWERFUL!!!!
4. Includes: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,
Qatar, UAE, Iran & Iraq
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)