1حضارة بلاد مابين النهرين
Civilization developed slowly in different
parts of the world. People began to settle in areas with abundant natural resources. A
section of the Middle East is called the Fertile Crescent. The Fertile Crescent is a
rich food-growing area in a part of the world where most of the land is too dry for
farming. The Fertile Crescent is a quarter-
moon shaped region that extends from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea to
the Persian Gulf.
Some of the best farmland of the Fertile Crescent is on a narrow strip of land
between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The Greeks later called this area
Mesopotamia, which means “between the rivers.” Many different civilizations
developed in this small region. First came
the Sumerians, who were replaced in turn by the Assyrians and the Babylonians. Today
this land is known as IraqThe Nile River