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Fertile Crescent

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fertile Crescent historic region of the Middle East. A well-watered and fertile area, it arcs across the northern part of the Syrian desert. It is flanked on the west by the Mediterranean and on the east by the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, and includes all or parts of Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. From antiquity this region was the site of settlements and the scene of bloody raids and invasions. Author not available, FERTILE CRESCENT. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Fertile Crescent
...valley as well. Sedentary agricultural settlements in the Fertile Crescent can be dated to 8000 . It was the scene of the struggles...various Semitic groups, Babylonians, and Phoenicians. Fertile Crescent Fertile Crescent Fertile Crescent Read more
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent, Middle East A term coined by the American James Henry Breasted (1865...coast and then along it to Lower Egypt and the Nile Valley. It was the most fertile part of the Middle East and the cradle of the early civilizations. Read more

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