Geography

Geography The Safavids controlled the area between Persia and central Asia. The climate of this land is mostly arid and is subtropical along the coastline of the Caspian Sea. The terrain is very mountainous and rugged with discontinuous, small plains along both coastlines. The natural discrepancies around the area include periodic droughts, floods, dust storms, sandstorms, and earthquakes around the western border and in the north east.

This geography reminds me of Greece's geography in that it was mountainous with small patches of good, arable land. This wasn't as extreme as Greece though because the ruler was able to unify all the people under one ruler but this geography must've cause different cultures to rise in different areas, unlike places with flatter land which makes it more easy to communicate over the state usually causing for a unified or at least similar culture throughout the state.

map from: "Safavids." //LookLex [Travel guides / Encyclopaedia / Language course]//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2011. . facts about climate, terrain, etc. from:  "Iran THE SAFAVIDS, 1501-1722 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements,Population, Social Statistics, Political System." //WorkMall.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2011. .