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Welcome to the Fertile Crescent.
In this museum, you will find four inventions that did wonders for the modern world today. Our first room is iron making and will show the importance of iron and how it built some of the biggest empires we have yet seen today. Our second room is shipbuilding, this shows how sea vessels were used and how advantageous they were for trade and war. Our third room will present the coin system, this will show the importance of their currency and what it was used for. Lastly, the alphabet, this room will display how important this was for other cultures and explain how it was made by the Phoenicians.
This image displays ancient Mesopotamia artwork, which was an important area in the Fertile Crescent.
The Fertile Crescent is located in modern day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. It is surrounded by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea. It is known and named for its rich soils and is also nicknamed the “cradle of civilization”. It was home to many civilizations including Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, and Babylonia; Sumer was the first and earliest recognized civilization. All of these civilizations being here made it an easy route for trade and exchange of ideas. We know all of this information because of the thousands of clay tablets with Cuneiform pressed into them.
The Fertile Crescent is located in modern day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. It is surrounded by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea. It is known and named for its rich soils and is also nicknamed the “cradle of civilization”. It was home to many civilizations including Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, and Babylonia; Sumer was the first and earliest recognized civilization. All of these civilizations being here made it an easy route for trade and exchange of ideas. We know all of this information because of the thousands of clay tablets with Cuneiform pressed into them.
The Fertile Crescent was the birth of many civilizations and helped them evolve as a whole. One major part of the location was Mesopotamia which was surrounded by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. When it rained, the rivers flooded that area which helped create rich soil in an otherwise dry terrain. The soil helped civilizations produce more crops and affected all civilizations positively by allowing them to grow.
Fertile Crescent Location
Fertile Crescent Location
This is a map of the Fertile Crescent and its important locations. The Mediterranean Sea borders it as well as the Persian Gulf and Red Sea. It labels some very important places in the Fertile Crescent, such as Babylon, Sumer, and Phoenicia. You can also see the Tigris and Euphrates river.
Cuneiform was the first known writing system inside of the Fertile Crescent and was created by Sumerians. With Cuneiform, the Sumerians also created many fundamental human inventions such as the wheel and large-scale architecture. Cuneiform would be a precursor to Phoenicia's aleph-beth, the first alphabet. They would evolve their concept and make it their own. Other inventions of the Fertile Crescent would include a coin system, ironmaking, and shipbuilding. Ironmaking, shipbuilding, coin system, and the alphabet will be put into more depth in their Museum Rooms.
Cuneiform was the first known writing system inside of the Fertile Crescent and was created by Sumerians. With Cuneiform, the Sumerians also created many fundamental human inventions such as the wheel and large-scale architecture. Cuneiform would be a precursor to Phoenicia's aleph-beth, the first alphabet. They would evolve their concept and make it their own. Other inventions of the Fertile Crescent would include a coin system, ironmaking, and shipbuilding. Ironmaking, shipbuilding, coin system, and the alphabet will be put into more depth in their Museum Rooms.
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