| [Visitor (39.144.*.*)]answers [Chinese ] | Time :2025-11-22 |  The Fertile Crescent mainly includes Israel, the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and northeastern Egypt.
The Fertile Crescent, also known as the Fertile Crescent of the Moon, refers to a series of fertile lands in West Asia, North Africa, and nearby river basins, including the Levant, Mesopotamia, and ancient Egypt. Because it resembles a crescent on the map, James Breasted, an archaeologist at the University of Chicago, referred to this vast expanse of fertile land as the 'Fertile Crescent.' The three main rivers in the Fertile Crescent—the Jordan River, the Euphrates, and the Tigris—together cover an area of about 400,000 to 500,000 square kilometers, currently home to 40 to 50 million people. This land extends from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, including the Syrian Desert, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Mesopotamian plain, to the Persian Gulf. |
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