Question

Which of the following best describes the location of the Fertile Crescent?

a.


The Fertile Crescent begins at the Persian Gulf and continues northwest to the Mediterranean Sea.


c.


The Fertile Crescent is in both Europe and Asia and is about the size of Russia.

b.


The Fertile Crescent includes both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.


d.


Both A and B

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) both A and B.

The options that best describes the location of the Fertile Crescent are the following: the Fertile Crescent begins at the Persian Gulf and continues northwest to the Mediterranean Sea and the Fertile Crescent includes both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

It was in this Fertile Crescent where the Sumerian civilization grew and developed. The Sumerians were the oldest civilization on Earth. They precisely established between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in what today is Iraq, in the Middle East. They developed powerful city-states such as Ur, Lagash, Nippur, Eridu, Kish, and Uruk.

Answer 2

D. Both A and B

Step-by-step explanation:

The Fertile Crescent is a region located in the Middle East. It is called crescent because of its shape´s similarity to a lunar phase.

It includes what today is Iraq, Israel, Palestina, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan. It is the first place where civilization began to settle down, farm and modify the natural vegetation. Because of that, it is also known as the "cradle of civilization".

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