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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
Tunisia Libya Siwa, Egypt
BIOMESSubtropical High Desert
Sahara Desert
Morocco Morocco Libya, 1942
Algeria Sudan Egypt
Oracle of AmunD. Hardin
Rainshadow DesertIranian Desert
Great Salt Desert
D. Hardin
BIOMES
Mixed forests
D. Hardin
Turkey - north
Turkey - south
Caucasus Mts.
Elburz Mts.
Zagros Mts.
Tehran, IranBIOMES
D. Hardin
FERTILE CRESCENTNeolithic Period
Çatalhöyük7500 BCE to 5700 BCE
MESOPOTAMIABabylon
D. Hardin
Ishtar Gate
Hanging Gardens
MESOPOTAMIA
D. Hardin
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