2. SUBTROPICAL HIGH SUBTROPICAL HIGH CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High D. Hardin EQUATORIAL LOW InterTropical Convergence Zone H H L Hadley Cell Hadley Cell 23½° N 23½° S 0°0° Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn ≈ 30° N ≈ 30° S

3. D. Hardin CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High

5. BIOMES Sahara Arabian

6. Tunisia LibyaSiwa, Egypt BIOMES Subtropical High Desert Sahara Desert Morocco Libya, 1942 AlgeriaSudanEgypt Oracle of Amun D. Hardin

7. Tunisia Libya Morocco Subtropical High Desert Sahara Desert Erg D. Hardin BIOMES

8. Subtropical High Desert Tunisia Lars Homestead Ben Kenobi’s home Luke Skywalker D. Hardin BIOMES

9. Subtropical High Desert Arabian Desert Rub al Khali D. Hardin BIOMES

10. Iranian BIOMES

11. Rainshadow Desert Iranian Desert Great Salt Desert D. Hardin BIOMES

12. Rainshadow Desert Iranian Desert qanat D. Hardin BIOMES

13. Rainshadow Desert Iranian Desert qanat D. Hardin BIOMES

14. Levant BIOMES

15. Mediterranean D. Hardin Maghreb BIOMES

16. Turkey Mediterranean D. Hardin Levant West Bank Cedars of Lebanon Cyprus BIOMES

17. Caucasus Zagros Elburz

18. Mixed forests D. Hardin Turkey - north Turkey - south Caucasus Mts. Elburz Mts. Zagros Mts. Tehran, Iran BIOMES

20. Steppe D. Hardin Turkey centraleast Jordan Syria BIOMES

21. FERTILE CRESCENT BIOMES

22. D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENTJericho Çatalhöyük

23. Plant & Animal Domestication wild grasses wheat D. Hardin auroch

24. D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENT Neolithic Period Jericho 10000-9000 BCE - present

25. D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENT Neolithic Period Çatalhöyük 7500 BCE to 5700 BCE

26. D. Hardin FERTILE CRESCENTJericho Çatalhöyük

27. POTAMIA D. Hardin MESO Euphrates Tigris

28. MESOPOTAMIA Ur D. Hardin ziggurat

29. MESOPOTAMIA Babylon D. Hardin Ishtar Gate Hanging Gardens

30. MESOPOTAMIA D. Hardin

31. MESOPOTAMIA D. Hardin Epic of GilgameshHammurabi’s Code

32. Riparian oasis BIOMES

33. Riparian oasis D. Hardin Tigris and Euphrates Rivers EuphratesTigris BIOMES

34. Riparian oasis D. Hardin Tigris and Euphrates Rivers IRAQ IRAN Baghdad Destruction of the Mesopotamian Marshes 19732000 BIOMES

35. Riparian oasis D. Hardin Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes BIOMES

36. Riparian oasis D. Hardin Nile River BIOMES

37. Riparian oasis D. Hardin Hapi Nile River BIOMES

38. D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River BIOMES

39. D. Hardin Aswan High Dam Riparian oasis Nile River BIOMES

40. D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River BIOMES

41. D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River BIOMES

42. D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River Abu Simbel BIOMES

43. D. Hardin Riparian oasis Nile River Abu Simbel BIOMES