Fertile Crescent
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The Fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East, spanning modern-day Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, together with northern Kuwait, south-eastern Turkey, and w
Diffusion of agriculture from the Fertile Crescent after 9000 BCE
Relief on the Ishtar Gate, Pergamenmuseum 4
Levant
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The Levant is a subregion of West Asia along the Eastern Mediterranean that forms part of the Middle East. The term is often used in conjunction with historical or cultural references.
French medal commemorating the Franco–Turkish War in Cilicia, c. 1920
1909 postcard depicting Ottoman Constantinople and bearing a French stamp inscribed "Levant"
Satellite view of the Levant including Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Hatay (Turkey) and the Northern Sinai (Egypt).
Syrians in traditional folk costume in Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria.