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CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High ≈ 30° N SUBTROPICAL HIGH H Hadley Cell 23½° N Tropic of Cancer 0° EQUATORIAL LOW InterTropical Convergence Zone Hadley Cell Tropic of Capricorn 23½° S ≈ 30° S SUBTROPICAL HIGH L H D. Hardin CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High D. Hardin BIOMES Sahara BIOMES Subtropical High Desert Sahara Desert Morocco Algeria Tunisia Morocco Libya, 1942 Sudan Libya Egypt Siwa, Egypt Oracle of Amun D. Hardin BIOMES Subtropical High Desert Sahara Desert Erg Libya Tunisia Morocco D. Hardin BIOMES Subtropical High Desert Tunisia Lars Homestead Ben Kenobi’s home Luke Skywalker D. Hardin BIOMES Subtropical High Desert Arabian Desert Rub al Khali D. Hardin BIOMES BIOMES Rainshadow Desert Iranian Desert Great Salt Desert D. Hardin BIOMES Rainshadow Desert Iranian Desert qanat D. Hardin BIOMES Rainshadow Desert Iranian Desert qanat D. Hardin BIOMES BIOMES Mediterranean Maghreb D. Hardin BIOMES Mediterranean Levant Cedars of Lebanon Turkey West Bank Cyprus D. Hardin BIOMES Elburz BIOMES Mixed forests Tehran, Iran Caucasus Mts. Turkey - north Elburz Mts. Turkey - south Zagros Mts. D. Hardin BIOMES BIOMES Steppe Syria Turkey central east Jordan D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENT BIOMES FERTILE CRESCENT Çatalhöyük Jericho D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENT Plant & Animal Domestication wild grasses auroch wheat D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENT Neolithic Period Jericho 10000-9000 BCE - present D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENT Neolithic Period Çatalhöyük 7500 BCE to 5700 BCE D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENT Çatalhöyük Jericho D. Hardin MESO POTAMIA D. Hardin MESOPOTAMIA Ur ziggurat D. Hardin MESOPOTAMIA Babylon Hanging Gardens Ishtar Gate D. Hardin MESOPOTAMIA D. Hardin MESOPOTAMIA Epic of Gilgamesh Hammurabi’s Code D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis BIOMES Riparian oasis Euphrates Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Tigris D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Destruction of the Mesopotamian Marshes IRAN Baghdad IRAQ 1973 2000 D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Nile River D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Nile River Hapi D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Nile River D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Nile River Aswan High Dam D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Nile River D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Nile River D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Nile River Abu Simbel D. Hardin BIOMES Riparian oasis Nile River Abu Simbel D. Hardin