What is a region spanning modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt sometimes called?

Correct answer: Fertile Crescent

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Paulus of Tarsus
Paulus of Tarsus
The Fertile Crescent witnessed the invention of writing (cuneiform at least), the wheel, and early forms of mathematics and astronomy. These innovations laid the foundation for later civilizations that sprang out of the region such as the Egyptians, Phoenicians, and later the Greco-Roman worlds.
little b
little b
I've not been to the fertile crescent
Hank
Hank
Hugo, that theory has been the subject of protracted debate, but it is plausible
Hugo
Hugo
In this geographic region appeared the first human civilisations.