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I think that one crop in the Fertile Crescent is wheat.
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∙ 13y agoThey grew cotton, rice, wheat, barley, and corn. The wheat and barley can be grew by rain or irrigated
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Why do geographers refer to Mesopotamia as the Fertile Crescent?
Mesopotamia contains the fertile river systems of the Tigris and Euphrates which supported early agriculture and so the civilisations which grew up there. The Crescent also includes Syria-Lebanon, which made it into a 'crescent' shape.
What does the western edge of the Fertile Crescent touch?
The western end of the fertile crescent touches the Mediterranean sea.
What people ruled the Fertile Crescent?
the people who rule the fertile crescent were the Chaideans
What does the term Fertile Crescent mean?
The fertile crescent is a nickname for Mesopotamia. Fertile means wet and crescent is a little thinner than half moon. There is another nickname for it due to the fact that it is the land between the rivers. This a true statement too because there are two rivers surrounding it they are the Euphrates river and the Tigris river and the Jordan River.
What were the effects of the flooding of the Fertile Crescent?
The flooding of the Tigris and the Euphrates caused silt that washed from the mountains they flowed from, onto the land making it fertile and that is why Mesopotamia is called the fertile crescent.
What makes the soil in the Fertile Crescent so good for crops?
The soil in the fertile crescent is so good for crops because they made a system called "irrigation" which simply takes water from the river and waters the crops.
What enabled crops to grow well in mesopotamia?
Crops grew well in Mesopotamia because it was located near the fertile crescent which had rich fertile land
What parts of civilization developed as people in the Fertile Crescent begin to grow more crops and raise more animals?
Which civilization wat NOT developed in the Fertile Crescent? Minoans. ... Because people living in the Fertile Crescent were able to grow more crops than they could eat and raise more animals than they needed, they could trade the excess crops and animals with others.
According to Jared Diamond why did areas with similar climates to that of the Fertile Crescent develop agriculture before other areas?
Crops grown in the Fertile Crescent could be grown in these areas.
The area in which the ancient civilization of mesopotamia grew is called the?
fertile crescent bcuz it was shaped like a crescent and the land was very fertile so crops grew really well there
What was great about the Fertile Crescent?
because it has lots of crops and grains and that the land is fertile which is good to grow on and it is a major farming area
Why did crops grow well in the Fertile Crescent?
There was rich mud that was left after river flooded each spring to grow crops.
Did the first civilization develop in the Fertile Crescent?
the rivers of the crescent-shaped region helped to make it one of the best places in southwest Asia for growing crops. Also, the reason being is that the Fertile Crescent rich in natural resources.
What did they grow in fertile crescent?
They grew many crops in the fertile crescent. They used the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers which deposited silt, which is very fertile soil, onto the banks. The silt was then used for farming. Some crops that were grown are barley, millet, wheat, dates, lentils, onions, garlic, turnips, lettuce, cucumbers, and apples.
Why the Fertile Crescent was an ideal place for nomadic people to settle and built cities?
to farm field crops.
Why did the same crops grow in both Eroupe and the Fertile crescent?
Because the hunter-gatherers spread the plants
How did people most likely arrive in northern European?
They came from the Fertile Crescent
