Where is the Fertile Crescent?

The Fertile Crescent, often called the "Cradle of Civilization", is the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt. read more

The Fertile Crescent (also known as the "cradle of civilization") is a crescent-shaped region where agriculture and early human civilizations like the Sumer and Ancient Egypt flourished due to inundations from the surrounding Nile, Euphrates, and Tigris rivers. read more

Known as the Cradle of Civilization, the Fertile Crescent is regarded as the birthplace of agriculture, urbanization, writing, trade, science, history and organized religion and was first populated c. 10,000 BCE when agriculture and the domestication of animals began in the region. read more

The Fertile Crescent, or "cradle of civilization" is a name for an arc-shaped area by the Mediterranean where human civilization began and flourished. The Fertile Crescent, or "cradle of civilization" is a name for an arc-shaped area by the Mediterranean where human civilization began and flourished. read more