The Fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia, and the Nile Valley and Nile Delta of northeast Africa. The term was popularized by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted. Having originated in the study of ancient history, the conce...
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the region in the Middle East where the civilizations of the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin began. The term was popularized by the American ... [5 related articles]
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A large area of land in the Middle East that is shaped like a crescent on a map. It runs from the Persian Gulf, along the Tigres and Euphrates rivers, over to the Mediterranean Sea, and down the Nile River Valley of Egypt.
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Region of the Middle East stretching from the Gulf to the Nile Valley, and including the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. The name comes from the extensive irrigated cultivation of crops in this area,...
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n] - a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from Israel to the Nile Valley and including the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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noun a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
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