Land Forms:
The Zagros Mountains-The Zagros Mountains run 1,500 miles in total, making it the largest mountain range in Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan and southeastern Turkey. This mountain rage causes for a border between Iraq and Western Iran, leading to some culture differences. Also, The highest point of the Zagros Mountains, called Zard Kuh, it's the peak and reaches 14,921 feet in the air. This mountain caused for Mesopotamia and Levant to be isolated and help cause some of those prominent culture differences in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia.
Anatolian Peninsula-The Anatolian Peninsula, other wise known as Asia Minor, is at the moment, occupied by Turkey. It's the beginning of the Asia continent. The peninsula is also a place for cultural crossroads between the eastern and western worlds. It is good for trade because it is located by the Black (North) and Mediterranean (South) Sea.
The Zagros Mountains-The Zagros Mountains run 1,500 miles in total, making it the largest mountain range in Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan and southeastern Turkey. This mountain rage causes for a border between Iraq and Western Iran, leading to some culture differences. Also, The highest point of the Zagros Mountains, called Zard Kuh, it's the peak and reaches 14,921 feet in the air. This mountain caused for Mesopotamia and Levant to be isolated and help cause some of those prominent culture differences in Northern Africa and Southwest Asia.
Anatolian Peninsula-The Anatolian Peninsula, other wise known as Asia Minor, is at the moment, occupied by Turkey. It's the beginning of the Asia continent. The peninsula is also a place for cultural crossroads between the eastern and western worlds. It is good for trade because it is located by the Black (North) and Mediterranean (South) Sea.
Water Ways:
Red Sea-The Red Sea is connected to the Indian Ocean. It has a average depth of 1,608 feet, and runs around 2,250 feet. The Red Sea is important for people in this region because it makes travel easier. When they're traveling and planning to sail, even if they aren't right on the ocean they can take the water. This can cut out some major travel time. Also, it's one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, meaning that it is unconsumable with out added chemicals and purification. But, even with the high salt levels the Red Sea homes many different species, making it a good place for fishing communities and villages.
Tigris River-The Tigris River runs 1,150 miles. It has been home to many groups of people thanks to it's freshwater and fertile land. The Tigris River floods often because of the melting snow off of the Turkish Mountains. Even though it floods often this leads to the land being fertile and never drying.
Red Sea-The Red Sea is connected to the Indian Ocean. It has a average depth of 1,608 feet, and runs around 2,250 feet. The Red Sea is important for people in this region because it makes travel easier. When they're traveling and planning to sail, even if they aren't right on the ocean they can take the water. This can cut out some major travel time. Also, it's one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, meaning that it is unconsumable with out added chemicals and purification. But, even with the high salt levels the Red Sea homes many different species, making it a good place for fishing communities and villages.
Tigris River-The Tigris River runs 1,150 miles. It has been home to many groups of people thanks to it's freshwater and fertile land. The Tigris River floods often because of the melting snow off of the Turkish Mountains. Even though it floods often this leads to the land being fertile and never drying.
Resources:
Oil-Oil is a resource that is needed for everything now a days. In a world dominated by factories lots of it needs to be found. So, with that it's no wonder that oil is the most abundant resource in South West Asia. In fact, more than half of the worlds oil mines are locate in the Persian Gulf. The counties in this area make lots of money exporting this, but that doesn't mean that they are all wealthy. The bigger places thrive but the smaller, lesser known counties do not get as much.
Coal-Coal is another resource that is needed all over the world. It helps to do the things that oil and gasoline can't. It can keep fires going. At the moment South West Asia is one of the most plentiful places in the world for coal. They also export it, meaning that it makes it so they have more money for the things that they cant get or don't have a large amount of in the Middle East, meaning fresh water and other things like that.
Oil-Oil is a resource that is needed for everything now a days. In a world dominated by factories lots of it needs to be found. So, with that it's no wonder that oil is the most abundant resource in South West Asia. In fact, more than half of the worlds oil mines are locate in the Persian Gulf. The counties in this area make lots of money exporting this, but that doesn't mean that they are all wealthy. The bigger places thrive but the smaller, lesser known counties do not get as much.
Coal-Coal is another resource that is needed all over the world. It helps to do the things that oil and gasoline can't. It can keep fires going. At the moment South West Asia is one of the most plentiful places in the world for coal. They also export it, meaning that it makes it so they have more money for the things that they cant get or don't have a large amount of in the Middle East, meaning fresh water and other things like that.