AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY Chapter 4 Review
AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 4 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details ANCIENT IRAN, 1000-486 B.C.E. Geography and Resources -The Medes and the Persians of western Iran created complex societies in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.E. under Mesopotamian influence -Iran means the ?land of the Aryans? which links western Asia with southern and Central Asia -Northeast Iran is less protected by natural boundaries and therefore were open to attacks from nomads of Central Asia -Topographical features of Iran are high mountains at the edges, salt deserts in the interior depressions, and mountain streams draining into interior salt lakes and marshes