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Chelsey gebo Syria’s migration

Syria was considered one of the worst places to migrate to. The political system was crap. It in no way shape or form helped the people that lived there. It got so bad that people started to leave and migrate to the neighboring country of Turkey. Compounding the problem are the country’s “so-called” market reforms that have resulted in cutbacks in subsidies for food and fuel. Even as the political future of Syria and its President Bashar al-Assad remain uncertain, what is arguably a source of greater political instability in the long-term are the problems associated with drought and resource scarcity-induced migration that show no signs of letting up. Long before the start of the Jasmine Revolution that erupted earlier this year in Tunisia and Egypt, nearby Syria which is the birth place of wheat and barley has been experiencing severe livestock and crop loss. More than a year before the current political turmoil started in the country Syria is a crop less, poor politic, terrible place to live. Most things where destroyed way before now such as the Lebanon cedar. The drought just made things worse for people to live in Syria. But in the beginning there where forest and flourishing crops all over.

Chelsey Gebo Syria’s Biomes

Large forests of Lebanon cedars of ancient days no longer exist . But you can find them in Martha’s Vineyard. The first thing you notice about the Lebanon cedar is the large wide-spreading horizontal branches. The top of the tree is broad and flattened in a mature tree. In dense stands of trees they grow straight and narrow, but when standing alone, its lower branches spread out horizontally over a large area and rest on the ground. The cedars can grow 80 feet (20 m) tall and spread out from 30-50 feet (9-15 m). They grow really slow. The oldest tree is more than 1000 years old. The Lebanon cedar doesn't get flowers until it is 25-30 years old. The flowers or catkins are unisexual, with both male and female flowers on the same tree. The 2-inch catkins are reddish in color. Gilgamesh needed the wood to finish his city. So he went to the forest near southern Mesopotamia, which was protected by the deity Enlil. Enlil had predicted that once humans entered the forest, they would destroy all the trees. Because of this a great battle broke out between the demigod guarding the forest and the humans. Human greed won and the forest was completely stripped of its trees, leaving nothing but bare ground. The fate of the cedar forests was a done deal. The Phoenicians needed wood for their ships and this made them the first sea-trading nation in the world. The Roman Empire's expansion into Syria had more harmful effects on the Lebanon cedars. It wasn't until the Emperor Hadrian put up boundaries around the rest of the forests and declared them his Imperial Domain that the destruction of the forests was slowed down. Today the large cedar forests are gone and replaced by dry land. When climax forest is being cut, they are replaced by scrubby growth, most of the soil is lost, and water can't be retained. The Cedrus libani in Lebanon is limited to only twelve, separate stands. One of these stands is in Jabal el-Barouk, located on the slopes of the central section of the Mount Lebanon chain. It is the largest self-regenerating stand in Lebanon and supports some wolves and wild boar.
 * || Syria is filled with Lebanon cedar. The Lebanon cedar is originally from Asia Minor. It is native to Lebanon, Syria and southern Turkey. It can be found in the Jebel Alaonite Mountains in Syria and Lebanon, and the Taurus Mountains of Syria and southern Turkey. Rare in Lebanon, only 5000-7000 acres (2000-3000 ha) of forest remain in small patches across the country. However, it is still plentiful in Turkey. There are only three species of Cedars in the world: the Lebanon cedar, the Deodar of the Himalayas and the Mount Atlas Cedar ||

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