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Methods that leave land unplanted

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Dry farming

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That is deep and wide enough for allow ships to pass

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Navigable

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Hot dry winds from Northern Africa

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Siroccos

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A central point of concentrated activity and influence of new transportation routes

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Hub

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It has many earthquake and volcanic eruptions

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Seismic activity

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A geographical phenomeno in which the ground in an area sinks

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Subsidence

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Great period of art and learning

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Renaissance

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Areas of land that have dropped down between faults

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Grabens

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Able to support permanent residents

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Inhabitable

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