1. ECUMENE
Quick Learn

2. 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.

7. 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

8. Which areas are likely to be Ecumene?