| Another story of land destruction comes from the area of the fertile cresent, the Cradle of Civilization. |
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| Agriculture in the Fertile Cresent subsequently allowed an increase in population. |
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| Within a single lifetime he toppled the Medes, the semi-overlords of the Iran plateau, and swept over the entire Fertile Cresent to create the first world empire. |
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| It is thought that in this time period the art of cheese making was developed in the fertile Cresent between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Iraq. |
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| The environment of the Cishan region is similar to that of the Fertile Cresent, located as it was in a forested region at the head of the Yellow River alluvial fan. |
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