GEOG 1003 Chapter : Southwest Asia And North Africa
Document Summary
Setting the boundaries: stretches from the atlantic ocean to the caspian sea, morocco"s atlantic coast through iran"s eastern border w/ pakistan, climate culture and petroleum reserves serve as the binding elements of this region. Culture hearth- an area that witnesses many cultural innovations. At a crossroads: physical: trade, migration, cultural, religious- christianity judaism and islam all originated in this region. Large water bodies: mediterranean sea, red sea, black sea, caspian sea. Southwest asia aka the middle east : middle east is a western term used by, many journalists, united nations, us dept. of state (also uses near east , excludes north africa & turkey and iran. Maghreb: atlas mountains: arabic for western lands, morocco, algeria, and tunisia, atlas mountains, 2. Levant: eastern mediterranean region, mountains and plateaus. Israel, jordan, lebanon, syria, and iraq: 4. Fertile crescent: stretches from the levant inland through northern syria into iraq. Iraq between the tigris & euphrates: rich agricultural land, 5.
