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The Fertile Crescent, often referred to as “the cradle of civilization,” is the crescent-shaped region in Western Asia and North Africa that spans the modern-day countries of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, ...
Images & Stories / Alamy The waters of the Tigris River gave rise to the first settlements of the Fertile Crescent in Anatolia ... of the river in southeastern Turkey, may be one of the oldest ...
The humble focaccia, a staple of modern Italian cuisine, traces its roots back nearly 9,000 years to the early farming communities of the Fertile Crescent. Researchers from Sapienza University of ...