... these two great rivers lies a firtle valley. The ancient Greeks called this valley Mesoptamia wich means land between the rivers. this rich vally forms the eastern part of the fertile cresent. The fertile crescent is a strip of rich , well watered land that extends in a great arch from the cost of the Mediterranean sea to the persain golf. Many of the ideas of western ... ...

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... , were often pioneered by this advance culture. Most people don't even know much about the origin of the Sumerian culture. Sumer, like most early middle-eastern nations, was in the Fertile Crescent. These small waterways provided an excellent an irrigation and transportation system. Sumer was one of the first large civilizations that had a very developed textile industry. Wool sheared from goats and ... ...

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