North Africa and Southwest Asia Past and Present An examination of images of the region during different time periods including photographs, paintings, and pictures ©2012, TESCCC World Geography Unit 8, Lesson 2
Oil gusher spouting, circa 1932 in Kirkuk district (Iraq) Past Photo credit: Unattributed. (Photographer). (1932). Kirkuk district. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Baba_Gurgur.jpg ©2012, TESCCC
present Oil refinery in Kuwait Photo credit: (2007). Kuwait. (2007). [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Photo_lg_kuwait.jpg By Lokantha [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons ©2012, TESCCC
Baghdad, Iraq. River scenes on the Tigris. Past Photo credit: American Colony Photo Dept. (Photographer). (1932). River scenes on the tigris. . [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2010001511/PP/ Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, [LC-M33- 4602] ©2012, TESCCC
The Tigris River on the border between Turkey and Iraq The Tigris River on the border between Turkey and Iraq. Scarcity of water is a longstanding source of much tension among many Middle Eastern states. present Photo credit: Image courtesy of the Department of Defense Visual Information. Savage, D. (Photographer). (1991). Dn-st-92-02263. [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html ©2012, TESCCC
Remains of pier in Egypt, between 1856 and 1860 in the Aswan area past Photo credit: Frith, F. (Photographer). (1856-1860). Roman pier. assouan. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004671999/ Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, [LC-DIG-ppmsca-04499] ©2012, TESCCC
The Aswan High Dam is an embankment dam situated across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt present Photo credit: (2012). Aswan dam. (2012). [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Aswan_Dam.jpg By Orlova-tpe (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons ©2012, TESCCC