Drawing 6B: The Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea has something that no one cared about until the 20th century:  OIL.  Countries around this sea are now competing for control of oil reserves.

 

There are some fun videos that go along with this lesson, listed on the YouTube playlist.  If they have been deleted at the time you try to access them (YouTube is not a stable place!) just search using key words “Ibn Batuta” and “Marco Polo.”

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