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Noun: Fertile Crescent
  1. The arc of fertile land stretching from the Nile Valley through the Levant and into Mesopotamia, considered the cradle of civilization
    "Early agriculture flourished in the Fertile Crescent"

Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

Part of: Middle East, Mideast, Near East

Encyclopedia: Fertile Crescent