SOUTHWEST ASIA

The regions history includes Fertile Crescent and Egyptian civilizations, the birth of three major religions, and the spread of Muslim empires.
Emperor Hammurabi receives a code of laws from the god Shamash, patron of justice.
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Physical Geography
Filled with desert areas. Experiences little rainfall. Waters Importance In desert areas, water is only found in oasis areas Annual river flooding makes some areas soil fertileproductive - fertile soil has nutrients to help plants grow

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How Rivers Enrich the Soil Rivers allow farming in regions salty, sandy soil Melted snow from Ethiopian mountains floods Nile Melted snow in Turkish highlands floods Tigris, Euphrates Floods leave behind fertile soil Irrigation To get water from rivers to farms, farmers develop irrigation - irrigationmethods of bringing water to dry land
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Country Azerbaijan Bahrain Cyprus Georgia Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait

Population 9,000,000 1,300,000 1,100,000 4,600,000

Title Land of the Brave Warrior Land of 2 Rivers

Capital City Baku Manama

Rich Land of the Mediterranean River Nicosia (Lefkosia) The Richest Republic of the former Soviet Union T'bilisi

31,500,000 7,600,000 6,500,000 3,100,000

Land of the First Civilization

Baghdad

Birthplace of Christianity and Judaism Jerusalem (claimed) Land of the Saved and the Secular Amman

Remnants of the Historical Typhoons Kuwait (City) in the Desert

Lebanon
Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen

4,300,000
3,100,000 1,700,000 29,200,000 22,500,000 73,600,000 5,400,000 23,600,000

Forerunner of Civilization
Little Kingdom in the Powerful Monarchy Land of the 7 Shiekdom Birthplace of Islam Land of Saladin Land of the Ottoman Turk UAE Land of Sheba

Beirut
Muscat Doha (Al-Dawhah) Riyadh Damascus Ankara Abu Dhabi Sanaa