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Rion stretching from Tigris-Euphrates river to Nile River
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Cresent
Cradle of Civilization
Countries of the Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia, Israel, Egypt
geographical factors of Fertile Crescent
rich soil, warm climte, suffcient water
Tigris and Euphrates river valleys
location of Msopotamia
God's chosen people
Hebrews
different ruling empires of Mesopotamia
Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldea, Persia
period during which Mesopotamia thrived
3100 B.C. to 400 B.C.