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The Fertile Crescent
Chapter 2:ii
A. Use pages 59 and 60 of your textbook, World History - The Human Experience, to
locate and label the physical and cultural features on the blank map provided:
Arabian Peninsula
Asia Minor
Babylon
Dead Sea
Ebla
Eridu
Euphrates River
Mediterranean Sea
Nile River
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Tigris River
Ur
Uruk
After you have located and labeled the physical and cultural features listed above, use
a green-coloured pencil to shade in the area called the Fertile Crescent. Next, use
different patterns and/or colours to show the location of the following kingdoms:
Sumer, c. 3000 B.C.
Akkad, c. 2200 B.C.
Babylon, c. 1800 B.C.
Finally, be sure to construct a legend in the box provided in the lower right-hand
corner, so you can decipher the map.
B. Once you have completed the map, read pages 58-64 in your textbook and answer the
following questions:
1. Why was the Fertile Crescent so attractive to so many different peoples?
2. Why is the geography of Mesopotamia conducive to frequent invasions?
3. What are advantages/disadvantages for a culture located in Mesopotamia?
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The Fertile Crescent