The history of the Fertile crescent and the rise of civilization. This video covers brief background of the Fertile Crescent and explains the geography of this region.
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The birth of civilization took place in the regions of Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. This video is a snapshot of vastly rich history of Fertile Crescent followed by another video on Mesopotamia. This video also covers how this land of rivers became the birthplace of the world's first cities and the advancements in subjects like math and science. In brief, It covers the short history of this region.

The Fertile Crescent - Where Fertile means a land or soil capable to produce crops. And! Crescent means curved sickle shaped moon. The whole term “Fertile Crescent” means a half moon shaped land capable of producing crops. Mesopotamia was also the part of Fertile Crescent.

On a map, the Fertile Crescent looks like a quarter moon and it covers many countries including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. Few historians include Cyprus as well.

Ancient Iraq (Mesopotamia) and Egypt hold more significance than any other country because early civilizations arose around these parts of Fertile Crescent. Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians lived in Mesopotamian Iraq and the ancient Egyptian civilization survived on the banks of Nile. This is why this region is also known as Cradle of Civilizations.

Fertile Crescent has vast meaning. The fertility of this crescent is not just about the land, but it also refers to the richness of the innovative ideas of the people who lived in this region. This area was the birthplace of various technological innovations like potter’s wheel, the first agricultural system, the first irrigation system, writing, mathematics and much more.

This whole area of fertile crescent contained fertile soil. River Nile, Euphrates and Tigris supplied the productive freshwaters to brackish wetlands. These produced a plenty of wild edible plant species.

The term Fertile Crescent was coined by an American archeologist James Henry Breasted in one of his books “Ancient Times a History of Early World” in 1914.

Sadly, the Fertile Crescent is not so fertile today. Few years ago, some large-scale irrigation projects diverted water away from the famous Mesopotamian marshes of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, causing them to dry up.

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