They were located in the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent. The Fertile Crescent is known for its fertile soil, making it ideal to sustain a population and enhance its ability to make surplus food. Merchants traveled through the Fertile Crescent, which gave Hebrew civilization the ability to have a strong trading advantage. Land surrounding the Crescent was dry and unsuitable for agriculture. Due to the Hebrew's established civilization on the Crescent, an abundance of food was a constant. ...

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