SUBTROPICALHIGH

SUBTROPICALHIGH

CLIMATIC INFLUENCESSubtropical High

D. Hardin

EQUATORIAL LOWInterTropical Convergence Zone

H

H

L

HadleyCell

HadleyCell

23½° N

23½° S

0°

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

≈ 30° N

≈ 30° S

D. Hardin

CLIMATIC INFLUENCESSubtropical High

BIOMES

Sahara

Arabian

Tunisia Libya Siwa, Egypt

BIOMESSubtropical High Desert

Sahara Desert

Morocco Morocco Libya, 1942

Algeria Sudan Egypt

Oracle of AmunD. Hardin

Tunisia

Libya

Morocco

Subtropical High DesertSahara Desert

Erg

D. Hardin

BIOMES

Subtropical High DesertTunisia

Lars HomesteadBen Kenobi’s home

Luke Skywalker

D. Hardin

BIOMES

Subtropical High DesertArabian Desert

Rub al Khali

D. Hardin

BIOMES

Iranian

BIOMES

Rainshadow DesertIranian Desert

Great Salt Desert

D. Hardin

BIOMES

Rainshadow DesertIranian Desert

qanat

D. Hardin

BIOMES

Rainshadow DesertIranian Desert

qanat

D. Hardin

BIOMES

Lev

ant

BIOMES

Mediterranean

D. Hardin

Maghreb

BIOMES

Turkey

Mediterranean

D. Hardin

Levant

West Bank

Cedars of Lebanon

Cyprus

BIOMES

BIOMES

Caucasus

Zagros

Elburz

Mixed forests

D. Hardin

Turkey - north

Turkey - south

Caucasus Mts.

Elburz Mts.

Zagros Mts.

Tehran, IranBIOMES

BIOMES

Steppe

D. Hardin

Turkey

central east

Jordan

SyriaBIOMES

FERTILE CRESCENTBIOMES

D. Hardin

FERTILE CRESCENT

Jericho

Çatalhöyük

FERTILE CRESCENTPlant & Animal Domestication

wild grasses

wheat

D. Hardin

auroch

D. Hardin

FERTILE CRESCENTNeolithic Period

Jericho10000-9000 BCE - present

D. Hardin

FERTILE CRESCENTNeolithic Period

Çatalhöyük7500 BCE to 5700 BCE

D. Hardin

FERTILE CRESCENT

Jericho

Çatalhöyük

POTAMIA

D. Hardin

MESO

Euphrates

Tigris

MESOPOTAMIAUr

D. Hardinziggurat

                                             

MESOPOTAMIABabylon

D. Hardin

Ishtar Gate

Hanging Gardens

MESOPOTAMIA

D. Hardin

MESOPOTAMIA

D. Hardin

Epic of Gilgamesh Hammurabi’s Code

Riparian oasis

BIOMES

Riparian oasis

D. Hardin

Tigris and Euphrates RiversEuphrates Tigris

BIOMES

Riparian oasis

D. Hardin

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

IRAQ

IRAN

Baghdad

Destruction of the Mesopotamian Marshes

1973 2000

BIOMES

Riparian oasis

D. Hardin

Tigris and Euphrates RiversRestoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes

BIOMES

Riparian oasis

D. Hardin

Nile River

BIOMES

Riparian oasis

D. Hardin

Hapi

Nile River

BIOMES

D. Hardin

Riparian oasisNile River

BIOMES

D. Hardin

Aswan High Dam

Riparian oasisNile River

BIOMES

D. Hardin

Riparian oasisNile River

BIOMES

D. Hardin

Riparian oasisNile River

BIOMES

D. Hardin

Riparian oasisNile RiverAbu Simbel

BIOMES

D. Hardin

Riparian oasisNile RiverAbu Simbel

BIOMES