Fertile Crescent

== English == === Etymology === Coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːtaɪl ˈkɹɛsənt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɝːtəl ˈkɹɛsənt/ === Proper noun === the Fertile Crescent (historical) A crescent-shaped geographic region of fertile land in the Middle East in Western Asia, stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey to Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt and Cyprus. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Fertile Crescent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia