ECUMENE Quick Learn

Ecumene/Non Ecumene Ecumene is a fancy word for the portion of the earth’s surface that is occupied by permanent human settlement Non Ecumene is the opposite of that. Wow.

Non-Ecumene places tend to be… Too dry 20% Earth (N. Africa to Central Asia , Australia) Lack water, small populations, irrigation Too wet (90 in. a year) Equatorial SA, CA, and SEA Seasonally wet lands Too cold Poles Less precipitation than deserts Too mountainous Steep and snow covered Sometimes better than crappy lowlands

Which areas are likely to be Ecumene?