1. Geography of the River Valley Civilizations

2. Mesopotamia -The Tigris & Euphrates River System Mesopotamia: “Land Between the Two Rivers” Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq

3. Egypt: The “Gift of the Nile” Annual Nile Flooding Nile Delta 95% of the Egyptian people live on 5% of the land!

4. The Mighty Nile River: “Longest River in the World”

5. The Jordan River System: Israel & Jordan--A Fight Over Water Rights?

6. Bodies of Water  Tigris River Nile River  Euphrates River  Jordan River  Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea

7. Mountains and Plateaus of the Middle East  Atlas Mts.  Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts.  Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts.

8. Deserts of the Middle East Sahara Desert Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Libyan Desert Rub al-Khali

9. Map of the Middle East  Tigris River Nile River  Euphrates River  Jordan River  Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea Black Sea  Gulf of Aden Strait of  Hormuz Suez Canal  Dardanelles Strait  Atlantic Ocean  Gulf of Oman Caspian Sea Arabian Desert Negev Desert Sinai Desert Rub al-Khali  Atlas Mts.  Elburz Mts. Taurus Mts.  Zagros Mts. Iranian Plateau Anatolian Plateau Caucasus Mts. Hejaz Mts. Sahara Desert Libyan Desert

10. The Fertile Crescent

11. Bodies of Water of China Huang-He River Y e l l o w S e a Yangtze River Pacific Ocean Amur River Xi River South China Sea Sea of Japan

12. Deserts & Plateaus of China Tibetan Plateau Taklamakan Desert Gobi Desert

13. Monsoon Precipitation Patterns of South Asia

14. The Indus River System 1,975 miles long

15. Bodies of Water of South Asia Indus R. Ganges R. Brahmaputra R. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal

16. Deserts / Plateaus of South Asia Thar Desert Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau

17. Elevation Levels of South Aisa

18. Completed Map of South Asia Indus R. Ganges R. Brahmaputra R. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal Himalayas Mt. Everest ▲ Karakoran Mts. Hindu Kush Vindhya Hills Eastern Ghats Western Ghats Thar Desert Deccan Plateau Tibetan Plateau Indo-Gangetic Plain

19. What do all of these places have in Common? Rivers – Fresh Water Valleys Natural Geographic Barriers Temperate Climates Arable Land – good soil for farming Trade Routes by water and land