GEOGRAPHY
Realms, Regions, and Concepts
North Africa
& Southwest Asia
I2- Hearths of Cultures
I2- Hearths of Cultures
Africa – Hearth of human development
SW Asia – Hearth of civilizations & cultures
I2- Hearths of Cultures
Africa – Hearth of human development
SW Asia – Hearth of civilizations & cultures
Cultural Geography – Study of humans in spatial
relations to geography
I2- Hearths of Cultures
Africa – Hearth of human development
SW Asia – Hearth of civilizations & cultures
Cultural Geography – Study of humans in spatial
relations to geography
Culture Hearths – The source of human cultures
© H.J. de Blij, P.O. Muller, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
I2- Hearths of Cultures
Africa – Hearth of human development
SW Asia – Hearth of civilizations & cultures
Cultural Geography – Study of humans in spatial
relations to geography
Culture Hearths – The source of human cultures
Cultural Diffusion – Spread of cultures
I2- Hearths of Cultures
Africa – Hearth of human development
SW Asia – Hearth of civilizations & cultures
Cultural Geography – Study of humans in spatial
relations to geography
Culture Hearths – The source of human cultures
Cultural Diffusion – Spread of cultures
Cultural Landscapes – The characteristics
created by the dominant culture.
I2- Hearths of Cultures
River Basins serve as the location of the
earliest culture hearths
Nile :
Egyptian
Tigris-Euphrates:
Mesopotamians
(Fertile Crescent)
I2- Hearths of Cultures
River Basins serve as the location of the
earliest culture hearths
Nile :
Egyptian
Tigris-Euphrates:
Mesopotamians
(Fertile Crescent)
Hydraulic Civilization Theory:
Those that controlled flow of water
controlled the land and its people.
I2- Hearths of Cultures
Climate Change:
The Sahara was not always the large
desert it is now.
@10,000 BCE
CE 2012
GEOGRAPHY
Realms, Regions, and Concepts
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