
(words and music by Greg Graffin) The Fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East incorporating the Levant, Ancient Mesopotamia, and Ancient Egypt, known as the "Cradle of Civilization." The term "Fertile Crescent" was coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted, around 1900. Watered by the Nile, Euphrates and Tigris rivers and covering some 400000-500000 square kilometers, the region extends from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea around ...
