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What (who) is Fertile Crescent - definition
Fertile Crescent
![1916 map of the Fertile Crescent by [[James H. Breasted]], who popularised usage of the phrase.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fertile Crescent concept 1916.png?width=200 "1916 map of the Fertile Crescent by [[James H. Breasted]], who popularised usage of the phrase.")
![Area of the fertile crescent, circa 7500 BCE, with main sites of the [[Pre-Pottery Neolithic]] period. The area of [[Mesopotamia]] proper was not yet settled by humans. Includes [[Göbekli Tepe]], a site in modern-day [[Turkey]] that is dated circa 9000 BCE.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fertile crescent Neolithic B circa 7500 BC.jpg?width=200 "Area of the fertile crescent, circa 7500 BCE, with main sites of the [[Pre-Pottery Neolithic]] period. The area of [[Mesopotamia]] proper was not yet settled by humans. Includes [[Göbekli Tepe]], a site in modern-day [[Turkey]] that is dated circa 9000 BCE.")
![A 15th century copy of [[Ptolemy]]'s fourth Asian map, depicting the area known as the Fertile Crescent](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NLI Quarta Asie tabula.jpg?width=200 "A 15th century copy of [[Ptolemy]]'s fourth Asian map, depicting the area known as the Fertile Crescent")
CRESCENT-SHAPED GEOGRAPHIC REGION OF THE MIDDLE-EAST, CONTAINING THE MOIST AND FERTILE LAND OF WESTERN ASIA, AND THE NILE VALLEY AND NILE DELTA OF NORTHEAST AFRICA
Fertile crescent; The Fertile Crescent; Fertile cresent; Fertile Croissant; Al Kaseeb; History of the Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent () is a crescent-shaped region in the Middle East, spanning modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan, together with the northern region of Kuwait, southeastern region of Turkey and the western portion of Iran. Some authors also include Cyprus and Northern Egypt.
crescent
![The City Flag of [[Portsmouth]], derived from the Medieval arms of [[Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/City Flag of Portsmouth.svg?width=200 "The City Flag of [[Portsmouth]], derived from the Medieval arms of [[Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus]].")
![Miniature]] of Madonna on the crescent ([[Rohan Master]], ''Hours'' of [[René of Anjou]], 15th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Les Heures de Paris de Rene d'Anjou01 detail.jpg?width=200 "Miniature]] of Madonna on the crescent ([[Rohan Master]], ''Hours'' of [[René of Anjou]], 15th century)")
![Seleucid]]-era Mesopotamia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Astarte with horns.jpg?width=200 "Seleucid]]-era Mesopotamia")
![Bust of [[Selene]] on a [[Roman sarcophagus]] (3rd century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clipeus Selene Terme.jpg?width=200 "Bust of [[Selene]] on a [[Roman sarcophagus]] (3rd century)")
![pre-Islamic]] era). Note the crescent above the arch.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tagh1.jpg?width=200 "pre-Islamic]] era). Note the crescent above the arch.")
![Triple crescent badge of [[Henry II of France]] ([[Château d'Écouen]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crescents badge of the king Henry II of France.png?width=200 "Triple crescent badge of [[Henry II of France]] ([[Château d'Écouen]])")
![[[Mamluk]] lancers, early 16th century (etching by [[Daniel Hopfer]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Three_Mamelukes_with_lances_on_horseback.jpg?width=200 "[[Mamluk]] lancers, early 16th century (etching by [[Daniel Hopfer]])")
![Ottoman Empire]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lepanto f1.jpg?width=200 "Ottoman Empire]].")
![A naval battle painting of the [[Barbary state]] of [[Ottoman Algiers]] titled ''A Sea Fight with Barbary Corsairs'' by [[Laureys a Castro]], c. 1681](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laureys_a_Castro_-_A_Sea_Fight_with_Barbary_Corsairs.jpg?width=200 "A naval battle painting of the [[Barbary state]] of [[Ottoman Algiers]] titled ''A Sea Fight with Barbary Corsairs'' by [[Laureys a Castro]], c. 1681")
![Madonna on the crescent, [[Bad Waldsee]] church (17th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BadWaldsee Frauenbergkirche Gemälde Madonna.jpg?width=200 "Madonna on the crescent, [[Bad Waldsee]] church (17th century)")
![''Portrait of a Lady as Diana'' by [[Pompeo Batoni]] (1760s)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pompeo Batoni - Retrato de Dama como Diana Caçadora.jpg?width=200 "''Portrait of a Lady as Diana'' by [[Pompeo Batoni]] (1760s)")
![A circle with an upward facing crescent representing the [[Wiccan]] [[Horned God]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horned-God-Symbol.svg?width=200 "A circle with an upward facing crescent representing the [[Wiccan]] [[Horned God]]")
![crusily]] and three crescents argent); no. 120: John Peche (gules, a crescent or, on a chief argent two mullets gules); no. 128: Rauf de Stopeham (argent, two (of three) crescents and a canton gules).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DeringRoll.jpg?width=200 "crusily]] and three crescents argent); no. 120: John Peche (gules, a crescent or, on a chief argent two mullets gules); no. 128: Rauf de Stopeham (argent, two (of three) crescents and a canton gules).")
![Stadel]] ([[canton of Zürich]]).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wappen Neuamt.png?width=200 "Stadel]] ([[canton of Zürich]]).")
![Divorde family]] (Holland and Brabant), around 1440, shows three crescents.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Écu Divorde, armorial Toison d'Or Europe, fol. 34, vers 1440.jpg?width=200 "Divorde family]] (Holland and Brabant), around 1440, shows three crescents.")
![[[Flag of South Carolina]] (1861)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg?width=200 "[[Flag of South Carolina]] (1861)")
![[[Flag of Maldives]] (1965)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flag of Maldives.svg?width=200 "[[Flag of Maldives]] (1965)")
![emblem]] of the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]] around the world](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IFRC_logo_2020.svg?width=200 "emblem]] of the [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]] around the world"){kind=logo}
![Symbol of the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] of Turkey](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MHP_Symbol.svg?width=200 "Symbol of the [[Nationalist Movement Party]] of Turkey")
![The ''Dreamliner'' logo is painted on many [[Boeing 787]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dreamliner_logo.svg?width=200 "The ''Dreamliner'' logo is painted on many [[Boeing 787]]s"){kind=logo}
![Coat of arms of the 1st-54 [[Regulares]] Battalion "Tetuán" ([[Spanish Army]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coat of Arms of the 1st-54 Regulares Battalion Tetuán.svg?width=200 "Coat of arms of the 1st-54 [[Regulares]] Battalion \"Tetuán\" ([[Spanish Army]])")
SHAPE THAT RESEMBLES THE MOON BEFORE IT REACHES THE FIRST-QUARTER LUNAR PHASE, OR AFTER IT PASSES THE LAST QUARTER.
Crescenteric; Crescents; Increscent; Crescent formation; Cresent; 🌙; Crescent (heraldry); Decrescent; Turkic moon
['kr?z(?)nt, -s-]
¦ noun
1. the curved shape of the waxing or waning moon.
2. a thing which has the shape of a single curve, especially when broad in the centre and tapering to a point at each end.
chiefly Brit. a street or terrace of houses forming an arc.
3. (the Crescent) chiefly historical the political power of Islam or of the Ottoman Empire.
¦ adjective
1. having the shape of a crescent: a crescent moon.
2. literary growing, increasing, or developing.
Derivatives
crescentic -'s?nt?k adjective
Origin
ME cressant, from OFr. creissant, from L. crescere 'grow'; sense 3 is from the crescent-shaped emblem of Islam or Turkey.
crescent
SHAPE THAT RESEMBLES THE MOON BEFORE IT REACHES THE FIRST-QUARTER LUNAR PHASE, OR AFTER IT PASSES THE LAST QUARTER.
Crescenteric; Crescents; Increscent; Crescent formation; Cresent; 🌙; Crescent (heraldry); Decrescent; Turkic moon
I. n.
1.
New moon, moon in her first quarter.
2.
Figure of the new moon, lune.
3.
Turkish standard.
4.
[With The prefixed.] Turkish power, Ottoman Empire, Sublime Porte; Mohammedanism, Islamism, Islam.
II. a.
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
Examples of use of Fertile Crescent
1. The discovery could also help explain how civilizations developed in different regions of the Fertile Crescent, Reichel said.
2. It provides details about early plant cultivation in South America, where agriculture emerged independent of its "discovery" in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia.
3. Kürkçüođlu reminded the Anatolia news agency that Ţanlýurfa is situated in the Fertile Crescent, considered in the literature to be the center of culture and civilization.
4. "Our data support the Fertile Crescent, specifically Turkey, as one of the origin sites for cats," said Lyons, who published her findings in the January issue of the journal Genomics.
5. The military said 16,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops were involved in Operation Lightning Hammer against Sunni Arab al Qaeda militants in Diyala province, the fertile crescent of the Diyala River which flows from the north into the Tigris near Baghdad.