Geography of the Middle East

Middle East geography from north to south.

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Tepe Yahya

Ancient trading city, southeastern Iran. Almost continuously occupied in the 5th–3rd millennia BC, it flourished as a centre for the production and distribution of soapstone before being abandoned during the 2nd millennium. It was reoccupied from c. 1000 BC to c. AD 400.

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