Because of the annual flooding. In the fertile crescent, as well as in the Indus Valley of India.....and along the Hwang He in China, and the Nile in Egypt, there was an annual flooding of the river. The development of "farming"... read more
Civilization did not develop first in the Fertile Crescent. The Indus Valley site of Bhirrana in Haryana, north India, on the now-dry bed of the Ghaggar river, has been dated to 7380 BC. read more
The first civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent area between the Tigres and Euphrates Rivers. read more