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Questions
- How do Oases work?
- How many camels are in a caravan?
- How much can a camel pack?
- How long can a camel go without water?
- What was salt and gold used for?
- What kinds of spices were from the East?
- What were the spices from the East used for?
- Explain textile making process, where did best textile come from?
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- Oases are formed from underground rivers or aquifers, here water can reach the surface naturally by pressure. Occasional brief thunderstorms provide subterranean water to sustain natural oases. Subsoil of impermeable rock and stone can trap water and retain it in pockets. Any incidence of water is then used by migrating birds who also pass seeds with their droppings which will grow at the water's edge forming an oasis.
- A caravan could consist of 150 or so camels.
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- Salt was used to preserve meat and also used as a flavoring for all kinds of foods. Gold was used for jewelry and cups and other dining things.
- Spices such as pepper, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger are from the East.
Physical Geography research
Climate
- Mostly Desert
- Hot Weather
- Low Precipitation
Landforms
- Negev Desert
- Anatolian Plateau
- Arabian Desert
- Asir and Hejaz Mountains
- Lout Desert
- Kavir Desert
- Cavacasus mountains
- Hadramawt Mountain Range
- Hindu Kush Mountains
- Oases/Springs
Flora
- Date Palm
- Prosopis Cineraria
- Calligonum Crinitum
- Calligonum Comosum
- Juniper
- Caper
Fawna
- Desert Cobra
- Camels
- Jerboas
- Caracal
- Scorpions
- Hyena
- Chameleons
- Cheetahs
- Hyrax
Trade research
- Oases
- Camel Caravans
- Crossroads of Trade
- Salt and Gold from Africa
- Spices from the East
- Textile