Land Forms
Annotation Peninsula
Annotation Peninsula is also known as Asia MInor is approximately 291,500 sq. miles. This extends to Caucasus and Zagros Mountains as a border by Black Sea. This peninsula comprises more than 95% of Turkey total land area. Mediterranean Sea to the south, Aegean Sea to the west, and the Sea of marmara to the northwest, which separates Anatolia from Thrace in Europe.
Annotation Peninsula is located at the point where the continents of Asia and Europe meet. This forms the beginnings of civilization. Crossroads for numerous people migrating or conquering from either continents. First indications of the beginning of the Neolithic translation from food gathering to food producing.
Red Sea
Nine countries share the shoreline of the Red Sea. Connects to the Mediterranean Sea in the north through the Suez Canal. The Red SEa opens in the Indian Ocean in the south. Lengths of the Red Sea is 2,250kms. The maximum depth of the Red Sea is 2,850 meters or 2.25 km deep. Maximum temperature is 30 degrees celsius. Red Sea has 1200 differents species of fish. It also has 25 islands in it.
This was used a lot in ancient times for a lot of transportation. They really didn't have anything on the land so traveling on water was common. This allowed transportation for grain, cattle, spices, people, and artisan goods. A canal was dug to connect the Nile and Red Sea. This canal could fit two large ships. Red Sea controlled interactions with other cultures, Without the Red Sea Egypt would be more isolated from other countries. Which would make it harder to trade transportation and getting new technology.
Two waterways
Tigris
The Tigris River forms a border between Syria and Turkey. Holds the largest dam in Iraq is the Mosul Dam. Before all of these dams the river would always flood the land near it. There are 50 different types of fishes in the Tigris River.
Tigers River is a great tributaries form s major system in western part of Asia. For a long long time this river had been a great transport lion route and good for trading. There are other smaller rivers off of it which makes it easier to transport around.
Euphrates River
Euphrates River is the largest river in Western Asia being about 1,740 miles. This river flows through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. Most of the water that is in the Euphrates River is snow that has melted and rainfall. Floods a lot, drains about 193,000sq. miles in the area.
This river is also a good travail and trading route. It has 3 parts the upper, middle, and lower. The upper level rises to about 6,000 to 10,000 ft above sea level. The middle level evasion cares from about 1200ft goes to where the rivers empty into the plains of central Iraq. The last level is the lower one which both rivers join in southeastern corner of Iraq witch emotes into the sea.
Reasources
Salt
Good quality sea salt contains may essential minerals for the body. In the Middle Ages, salt was so expansive it was sometimes called “white gold”. In France salt is still gathered in the same way that they did it in the ancient times. Using baskets through which the seawater is strained this makes salt very expensive. There are all times of salts one out of many is Black Salt. This salt is made in India by mixing saltwater with harad seeds.
In the Dead Sea there is 35 grams of salt per liter of water. This could be traded for gold in some places where they don't have much salt and have a high number of gold. Like the mid-west Africa they could trade because they have that much salt but it's full with gold. Salt could also be traded for other goods and resources for southwest Asia.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter. This is found in mainly understand deposits and widely used as fuel. It's used a lot through the whole world. You can use it for gas for your car, fuel for your plane, to get a train going, and even power. Southwest Asia produces a lot of coal and sales it because they have so much that milk can be less than gas.
Oil refineries is a big business in Asia because the land is full of it. They receive lots of money from selling this all over the world. People could see this has power throughout the world. This could also provide more jobs for the unemployed people in southwest Asia.