The most important human fact about the Fertile Crescent and the Nile Valley is that, as far as we know, civilization began there. Included as part of the Fertile Crescent by historians, stretch of the riverĪnother strip of land suitable for agricul.
Long Nile River, which flows from east-central Africa, north to the Mediterranean Sea. Immediately to the west of the Sinai Peninsula The connecting link between the vast continents of Africa.
South of the western horn of the Fertile Crescent barren bit of land called the Sinai Peninsula An American historian, James Henry Breasted, called it the Fertile Crescent and that name is area, extending THE LAND OF CANAAN coast of Syria, but also Lebanon, northern Israel,įrom the Persian Gulf to central Israel, is shaped like a large crescent. The Mediterranean coastline southward, including not only the This strip extends from the Persian Gulf northwestward up the rivers to the borders of Turkey. With mild weather, rainy winters and dry summers. GREECE TRIUMPHANT THE FRAGMENTS OF EMPIREīEFORE ABRAHAM THE FERTILE CRESCENT In western Asia, in the nation of Iraq (ee-rahk'), there areįrom the Turkish mountains to the Persian Library of congress catalog card number 70-155557 isbn 2-3 Means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopyingĪnd recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing no part of this work be reproduced or transmitted in any THE ROMAN REPUBLIC THE ROMAN EMPIRE THE EGYPTIANSĪll rights reserved.
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