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| Peninsula of Southwest Asia between the Red Sea and Persian Golf. |
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| In Southwest Asia between the Red Sea and Mediterranean. |
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| A high plateau in central and Eastern Iran, surrounded by mountains. |
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| A river of southwest Asia that flows from a plateauon the anatolian penisula to the Perisan Golf. |
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| A river of southwest Asia that flows from a plateau on the Anatolian peninsula to the Perisan Golf. |
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| Fertile or green spot in desert created by underground water comeing to the surface. |
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| A high area of flat land. |
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| A large landmass that is part of a continent but is concidered a seperate region. |
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| The hightest mountain in the world, which is stretched along northern India, seperating it from the rest of Asia. |
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| The world's tallest mountain, locatd in the Himalayas. |
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| A high area of land at the center of the Indian subcontinent. |
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| A river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian sea. |
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| a river of South Asia that flows southeast from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. |
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| A seasonal wind system that produces a wet or dry peirod in a region. |
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| A violent storm with fierce windsthat rotate in a circular pattern like a hurrican. |
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| A series of giant, destructive waves caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanos, or landslides. |
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| A server shortage of food that causes widespread hunger. |
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| The land between the Tigris and Euphrates river. |
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| The fine soil carried by rivers and deposited on nearby lands, |
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| An advanced form of culture that developed in cities. |
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| A region of city-states in Mesopotamia that was a home to the first civilation. |
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| A political unti made up of a city and its surrounding lands. |
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| A temple built atop of series of increasling smaller platforms. |
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| The first-known writing system, which used wedge-shape sybols ad was developed in Sumer |
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| A region stretching from the Persian Golf northwest up the Tigris and Euphrates riversand west over the Mediterian sea. |
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| One of the world's first law codes, complied the ruler Hammurabi. |
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| An anciet civilization that developed along the Indus River. |
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| a network of horizontal and vertical lines that create squares or rectangles. |
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