1. North Africa and Southwest Asia Past and Present
An examination of images of the region during different time periods including photographs, paintings, and pictures
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World Geography Unit 8, Lesson 2

2. Oil gusher spouting, circa 1932 in Kirkuk district (Iraq)
Past
Photo credit:
Unattributed. (Photographer). (1932). Kirkuk district. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from
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3. present Oil refinery in Kuwait Photo credit:
(2007). Kuwait. (2007). [Web Photo]. Retrieved from
By Lokantha [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
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4. 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
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, [LC-M ]
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5. 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 [Web Photo]. Retrieved from
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6. Remains of pier in Egypt, between 1856 and 1860 in the Aswan area
past
Photo credit:
Frith, F. (Photographer). ( ). Roman pier. assouan. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection, [LC-DIG-ppmsca-04499]
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7. 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
By Orlova-tpe (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
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