GEOG 1200 Midterm: Test 2 Review.doc
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Source is typically an upland aquifer, so that the system is gravity powered. Central asia, coastal maritime routes from persian gulf to e africa and se asia: fertile crescent: roughly first evidence of domestication is in anatolian and zagros islands. Major foods domesticated: mesopotamia: first intensive irrigated agriculture was in the desert river valley of. Mesopotamia and the nile: 3 groups of middle east civilization, villagers: grow staple crops near water to provide for village, intermediaries, doing trading between nomads and city people, pastoral nomads: vertical and horizontal migration, transhumance, b. i. Sedentarization: living in one permanent residence: urbanites c. i. Medina capitalized is the city in saudi c. ii. Major language families: afro-asiatic: semitic: arabic & hebrew, berber includes taureg, altaic: turkish, azeri, indo-european: farsi, persian, pushto, kurdish. 1700bce: hebrews, israelites, exodus sacred sites and places. Jewish diaspora: the exile of jews from their homeland. Zionism: the movement for the jewish people to retake their homeland jerusalem.
