Location, Location, Location

The importance of geography in

history.
This photo
was taken from
the Columbia.

It shows
Europe and
Africa when the
sun is setting.
The bright dots
are the cities'
lights.

The top part of

Africa is the
Sahara Desert .

To the left, on
top, is
Greenland,
totally frozen.
The Continents
Benefits and Problems
The Americas were isolated from
the mainstream of history
Most of Africa was isolated from the
mainstream of civilization

The Sahara Desert

Rain
Forests
 Eurasia

EUROPE

Nile
ASIA
River

Mesopotamia

Yellow
Indus River
River
Spread of Civilization

Asia Minor
Farming
Farming Nomads
Syria Mesopotamia Goats/horses
Palestine Iran

Nomads
Goats/ sheep
Egypt
Arabia

Nubia Persian Gulf

 The Eurasian Steppe
EUROPE Siberia

Northern Forests

THE STEPPE
Asia
Minor
ASIA
Egypt THE STEPPE THE STEPPE

Mesopotamia

IRAN Himalaya
ARABIA Mountains
China

Indus
Valley
 Natural Resources

Oil wells timber

Iron ore
 Carrying Capacity
• Carrying capacity is a term used by biologists
and anthropologists to describe the limitations of
the local environment to support a population of
animals or people.
• Any territory can only support a certain number
of people.
• Different environments can carry or support
different numbers of people.
• Carrying capacity can be changed by how the
land is used. Hunters and gatherers need more
land than farmers. Old fashioned farmers could
grow fewer crops on the same land than farmers
using modern techniques.
Beliefs and Ideas
 Extra Credit
For up to five points in extra credit write a
paragraph on why geography is important
to how a civilization develops.

Explain the advantages and

disadvantages of being isolated and how
this effected the early development of the
civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia.