SUBTROPICAL HIGH SUBTROPICAL HIGH CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High D. Hardin EQUATORIAL LOW InterTropical Convergence Zone H H L Hadley Cell Hadley.

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SUBTROPICAL HIGH SUBTROPICAL HIGH CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High D. Hardin EQUATORIAL LOW InterTropical Convergence Zone H H L Hadley Cell Hadley Cell 23½° N 23½° S 0°0° Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn ≈ 30° N ≈ 30° S

D. Hardin CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High

BIOMES Sahara Arabian

Tunisia LibyaSiwa, Egypt BIOMES Subtropical High Desert Sahara Desert Morocco Libya, 1942 AlgeriaSudanEgypt Oracle of Amun D. Hardin

Tunisia Libya Morocco Subtropical High Desert Sahara Desert Erg 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

Iranian 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

Levant BIOMES

Mediterranean D. Hardin Maghreb BIOMES

Turkey Mediterranean D. Hardin Levant West Bank Cedars of Lebanon Cyprus BIOMES

Caucasus Zagros Elburz

Mixed forests D. Hardin Turkey - north Turkey - south Caucasus Mts. Elburz Mts. Zagros Mts. Tehran, Iran BIOMES

Steppe D. Hardin Turkey centraleast Jordan Syria BIOMES

FERTILE CRESCENT BIOMES

D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENTJericho Çatalhöyük

Plant & Animal Domestication wild grasses wheat D. Hardin auroch

D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENT Neolithic Period Jericho BCE - present

D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENT Neolithic Period Çatalhöyük 7500 BCE to 5700 BCE

D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENTJericho Çatalhöyük

POTAMIA D. Hardin MESO Euphrates Tigris

MESOPOTAMIA Ur D. Hardin ziggurat

MESOPOTAMIA Babylon D. Hardin Ishtar Gate Hanging Gardens

MESOPOTAMIA D. Hardin

MESOPOTAMIA D. Hardin Epic of GilgameshHammurabi’s Code

Riparian oasis BIOMES

Riparian oasis D. Hardin Tigris and Euphrates Rivers EuphratesTigris BIOMES

Riparian oasis D. Hardin Tigris and Euphrates Rivers IRAQ IRAN Baghdad Destruction of the Mesopotamian Marshes BIOMES

Riparian oasis D. Hardin Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes BIOMES

Riparian oasis D. Hardin Nile River BIOMES

Riparian oasis D. Hardin Hapi Nile River BIOMES

D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River BIOMES

D. Hardin Aswan High Dam Riparian oasis Nile River BIOMES

D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River BIOMES

D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River BIOMES

D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River Abu Simbel BIOMES

D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River Abu Simbel BIOMES