Formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Mediterranean Sea, this region gave rise to some of the world ... the Fertile Crescent was home to many ancient civilizations including Sumer, Akkad, ...

The calendar, which is thought to be twice as old as Stonehenge, could be the world's oldest monument ... agriculture and the ...

From the Fertile Crescent eastward to ... of the expansion and conquest of the world by some countries faster than others, according to Jared Diamond. The presence of domesticable animals in areas of ...