The “Fertile Crescent,” a term coined by University of Chicago Egyptologist James Henry Breasted, refers to a crescent-shaped region in Western Asia. Formed by the Tigris and ... Egypt and the Indus ...

Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, became the cradle of civilization due to its fertile land and the ... but about the history of an area. Sumerian civilization was the first ...

Located on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin that is part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, the fortified city of ... of the property is divided into nine zones based on the area’s social ...

killing at least 83 The accident occurred as scores of people were out in the tourist area celebrating the Kurdish new year and the arrival of spring. Scores of Bodies Found in Tigris River ...