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The Fertile Crescent 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. The term was first coined in 1916 by the Egyptologist James Henry Breasted in his work Ancient Times: A History of the Early World, where he wrote, “This fertile crescent is approximately a semi-circle, with the open side toward the south, having the west end at the south-east corner of the Mediterranean, the centre directly north of Arabia, and the east end at the north end of the Persian Gulf.” His phrase was widely circulated through the publications of the day becoming, finally, the common designation for this region. The Fertile Crescent is traditionally associated (in Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths) with the earthly location of the Garden of Eden.
The region changed hands many times through the ages. By 600 BCE the Assyrians controlled the Fertile Crescent and, by 580, the Neo-Babylonian Chaldean Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II ruled the region. In 539 BCE Babylon fell to the Cyrus the Great after the Battle of Opis and the lands fell under the control of the Achaemenid Empire (also known as The First Persian Empire). Alexander the Great invaded the area in 334 BCE and, after him, it was ruled by the Parthians until the coming of Rome in 116 CE. After the short-lived Roman annexation and occupation, the region was conquered by the Sassanid Persians (c. 226 CE) and, finally, by the Arabian Muslims in the 7th century CE.
The Nick name to the Fertile crescent “The Cradle of Civilization.”
http://www.ancient.eu.com/Fertile_Crescent/
The first known civilization in Mesopotamia was called Sumer. The people
in Sumer had their problems, however.There were frequent food shortages, floods,
and attacks from neighboring communities.
- Sumerians developed the oldest system of writing in the
world called cuneiform. It was used to keep accounts and prepare documents. The
wagon, arch, potters wheel, and sundial were all invented by the Sumerians.
Specialization of labor was developed when the food surplus enabled other jobs
to evolve. Education was important as well as religion. The religion was
polytheistic and was based on nature. The government was a theocracy, but city
states were not united under a single government. Their most important leader was Sargon. http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/staffdev/bostain_k/FC/Fertile%20Crescent.html
Watch this video.... About The Fertile Crescent...
http://youtu.be/YP8S2DlBMY4
The region changed hands many times through the ages. By 600 BCE the Assyrians controlled the Fertile Crescent and, by 580, the Neo-Babylonian Chaldean Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II ruled the region. In 539 BCE Babylon fell to the Cyrus the Great after the Battle of Opis and the lands fell under the control of the Achaemenid Empire (also known as The First Persian Empire). Alexander the Great invaded the area in 334 BCE and, after him, it was ruled by the Parthians until the coming of Rome in 116 CE. After the short-lived Roman annexation and occupation, the region was conquered by the Sassanid Persians (c. 226 CE) and, finally, by the Arabian Muslims in the 7th century CE.
The Nick name to the Fertile crescent “The Cradle of Civilization.”
http://www.ancient.eu.com/Fertile_Crescent/
The first known civilization in Mesopotamia was called Sumer. The people
in Sumer had their problems, however.There were frequent food shortages, floods,
and attacks from neighboring communities.
- Sumerians developed the oldest system of writing in the
world called cuneiform. It was used to keep accounts and prepare documents. The
wagon, arch, potters wheel, and sundial were all invented by the Sumerians.
Specialization of labor was developed when the food surplus enabled other jobs
to evolve. Education was important as well as religion. The religion was
polytheistic and was based on nature. The government was a theocracy, but city
states were not united under a single government. Their most important leader was Sargon. http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/staffdev/bostain_k/FC/Fertile%20Crescent.html
Watch this video.... About The Fertile Crescent...
http://youtu.be/YP8S2DlBMY4