Fertile Crescent

English thumb|The extent of the Fertile Crescent (including Egypt and Cyprus, which are not always included in the definition). Etymology en University of Chicago archaeologist Q365982 1. Pronunciation en /ˈfɜːtaɪl ˈkɹɛsənt/ RP en /ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Fertile Crescent.wav US Proper noun Fertile Crescent 1 en Q170526en historical en A crescent-shaped <<geographic region>> of fertile land in the Middle East in <<r/Western Asia>>, stretching from present-day <<c:also/Iraq>> through eastern <<c/Turkey>> to <<c/Syria,Lebanon,Israel,Jordan,Palestine,Egypt,Cyprus>> Ancient Near East. en Outlines of European History: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece, and Rome James Harvey Robinson; James Henry Breasted; Charles Austin Beard 1914 This great semicircle, for lack of a name, may be called the fertile crescent. en 1988 Charles Issawi The Fertile Crescent, 1800-1914: A Documentary Economic History Oxford University Press 9780195364217 3 The Fertile Crescent has always been in close touch with the other parts of the Middle East: Turkey, Iran, the Arabian peninsula, and Egypt. Translations crescent-shaped arc of fertile land Arabic: ar الهِلَال الخَصِيب m Armenian: hy Բարեբեր կիսալուսին Azerbaijani: az Bərəkətli Hilal Catalan: ca Creixent Fèrtil m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 新月沃土 xīnyuè wòtǔ Estonian: et Viljakas poolkuu Finnish: fi hedelmällinen puolikuu French: fr Croissant fertile Georgian: ka ნოყიერი ნახევარმთვარე German: de Fruchtbarer Halbmond m Hebrew: he הסהר הפורה Irish: ga Corrán Méith m Japanese: ja 肥沃な三日月地帯 hiyoku na mikazuki chitai Korean: ko 비옥한 초승달 지대 Persian: fa هلال حاصلخیز helâl-e hâselxiz Polish: pl Żyzny Półksiężyc m Portuguese: pt Crescente Fértil f Russian: rare ru плодородный полуме́сяц Spanish: es Creciente fértil Swedish: sv bördiga halvmånen c Turkish: tr Bereketli Hilal Welsh: cy Cilgant Toreithiog m Further reading en