The Physical Geography of the Middle East

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The Physical Geography of the Middle East
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The Three Regions

• The Eastern Mediterranean
• The Arabian Peninsula, Iran, and Iraq
• Central Asia

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The Eastern Mediterranean

• Countries in this region
• Turkey
• Syria
• Lebanon
• Israel
• Jordan
• Cyprus

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The Eastern Mediterranean
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The Syrian Desert
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The Jordan River
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Anatolia
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The Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Iraq

• Countries in this region
• Saudi Arabia
• Yemen
• Oman
• United Arab Emirates
• Qatar
• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• Iran
• Iraq

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The Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Iraq
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The Arabian Peninsula
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The Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers
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Mesopotamia
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Rub al-Khali
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Wadi
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Oasis
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Central Asia

• Countries in this region
• Kazakhstan
• Uzbekistan
• Turkmenistan
• Afghanistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Tajikistan

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Central Asia
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Fergana Valley
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Syr Darya and Amu Darya
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Discussion

• How do the physical features of the Middle East
  affect the following
  
• Where people live?
• The jobs that people hold?
• How people communicate?
• The resources people develop?
• The economies of the Middle East?
• The governments of the Middle East?