Mesopotamia Mapping Activity 1. Label the map attached neatly in pencil or blue/black ink with ALL the following locations: Red Sea Mediterranean Sea Assyria Taurus Mts. Zagros Mts. Persian Gulf Arabian Desert Syrian Desert Tigris River Babylon Nile Delta Euphrates River Ninevah Egypt Nile River Sinai Peninsula Kish Uruk Ur Black Sea Caspian Sea Cyprus 2. Label the following present day countries in UPPER CASE letters on your map: IRAQ IRAN SAUDI ARABIA 3. Color code your map using the key below…. a. Water areas (including rivers) BLUE b. Desert areas YELLOW c. Mountain ranges BROWN, d. Fertile Crescent area GREEN with a dark green boundary line around it 4. Circle the area known as Sumer in RED Reference pages: 34, 52, 54, 56, 59, 384, 385

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