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Fertile Crescent (oh)



the Fertile Crescent
an area in the Middle East in the shape of a crescent (=a curved shape) from Israel to the Gulf, including the land around the rivers Tigris and Euphrates . Several important ancient civilizations had their homes there, such as the Assyrian and Sumerian civilizations.
-see also babylon
-see also Mesopotamia