NEST 101- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 117 pages long!)
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The coast of the mediterranean: the levant arabian peninsula: saudi arabia, yemen, katar, ect. Geographically diverse: possess vast tracts of desert, rugged mountain chains, heavily forested areas (especially back in antiquity in. Lebanon), the alluvial planes through which rivers flowed carrying sediment that the rivers would dump along banks in flooding, ideal for cultivation. Range of different environments that have an impact on the people and their respected cultures. Note the culture of the egyptians (art, architecture, literature) were different than those in palestine and syria even though they are relatively close. Egypt and mesopotamia were the first areas in the world to develop early civilization, both with the same alluvial river that feeds them, yet the cultures still develop differently. Desert isolates you, less invasions and foreign cultural influences. Contrasts greatly to mesopotamia which had a lot of people living in the foothills of the mountains who were forever coming in and influencing the culture.
