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What (who) is Golden Crescent - definition
Golden Crescent
 opium seized in Afghanistan.jpg?width=200 "Black tar opium seized in Afghanistan, spring 2005")
MOUNTAINOUS REGION IN ASIA IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, AND PAKISTAN THAT IS A CENTRE OF OPIUM PRODUCTION
The Golden Crescent is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production (with the other being the Golden Triangle). Located at the crossroads of Central, South, and Western Asia, this space covers the mountainous peripheries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, extending into eastern Iran.
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![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 Golden Crescent
1. A century of cracking down on poppy production from Southeast Asia‘s Golden Triangle to Central Asia‘s Golden Crescent to Mexico has verified one basic fact of agricultural economics.
2. In the night, the mountains, clouds and sky merged in bands of charcoal, grey and black, indistinguishable elements in a backdrop to the glowing, golden crescent of the moon.
3. Close to the ‘Golden Crescent‘ – the remote and far–flung parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where most of the world‘s heroin is produced – Bangladesh is well placed to act as a conduit for the drug trade.
4. Police have focused on monitoring and testing facilities to curb trafficking across China‘s borders with Southeast and Central Asia, Liu said, adding that the drug trade from the Golden Crescent has become more active.
5. Most recent drug–related problems –– including the spread of AIDS –– have been linked to heroin from Southeast Asia‘s "Golden Triangle," of Burma, Laos and northern Thailand, which abut southern China, as well as from Central Asia‘s opium–producing "Golden Crescent" region.