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The Fertile Crescent is a historical region of the Middle East. The expression "Fertile Crescent" was coined in the twenties by archaeologistames This region is often referred to as the" cradle of civilization " due to its extraordinary importance in human history from the Neolithic to the Bronze and Iron Ages. Among other things, it was in the fertile valleys of the four great rivers of the region (Nile, Jordan, Tigris and Euphrates) where the first agricultural civilizations and the first great nations of Antiquity developed. The Sumerians, in particular, considered the representatives of the first settled civilization in history, flourished in Mesopotamia.