It was discovered once the gathering of wild grains became at the end of the last ice age, in a region known as the Fertile Crescent. This area covers from Modern day Egypt up to the Mediterranean coast to the southeast corner of Turkey, and then to the border between Iraq and Iran. 9000 BCE (Fertile Crescent)- In the Fertile Crescent, people began cultivating barley and wheat deliberately, rather than gathering grains for them to have to eat and to store for later. 7000-5000 BCE (Fertile Crescent)- Farming spread throughout the Fertile Crescent , as more plants and animals were domesticated...

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As you can observe on the map, Mesopotamia was where the Fertile Crescent was located and it lied between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. ... Jericho was the area of a subsequent civilization because it nears the edge of the Fertile Crescent by the Mediterranean Sea. ... People settled by the Nile Valley made their living by farming since it was very fertile. ... Therefore, it has no fertile soil or any water available nearby to cultivate crops. ...

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While researching Sumerian culture I learned many interesting facts that I did not know before. If people knew little facts about Sumer it would change the way people looked at other ancient societies. Many advances that were not attributed to sumeria, were often pioneered by this advance culture. M...

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Political Upheaval during the Early years of Islam From the very beginning, one of the most important factors that led to the political instability of the Islamic empire was the inexperience of the Arab people in organized government on a large scale. In pre-Islamic times the Arabian peninsul...

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