Fertile Crescent

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The “Fertile Crescent” is a term referring to those parts of the ancient world that form a crescent extending from the head of the Persian Gulf (modern ]]Iraq]]) up the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, (Mesopotamia) across modern Syria and Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea, then down the coast to Egypt. It was a strip of generally arable land surrounded by desert or sea. The first great civilisations (in Mesopotamia and Egypt]] formed at either end in the late 4th millennium B.C.- it has been refered to as "the Cradle of Civilisation".

The term was coined by American archaeologist J.H. Breasted and published in his book, “Ancient Times. A History of the Early World” in 1916.

Reference: “Ancient Times. A History of the Early World” (Footnote on page 135 of 1944 edition.)

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