Fertile Crescent
The non-desert land between the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf is called the Fertile Crescent, especially when referring to ancient history; however, due to erosion and overgrazing, much of the Fertile Crescent is not nearly as fertile today as it was in ancient times.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Fertile Crescent
- Type: region
- Description: crescent-shaped geographic region of the Middle-East, containing the moist and fertile land of Western Asia, and the Nile Valley and Nile Delta of northeast Africa
- Location: Middle East, Asia
Wikidata ID
Q170526
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Fertile Crescent” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vrugbare Halfmaan”
- Arabic: “الهلال الخصيب”
- Arabic: “هلال خصب”
- Arabic: “هلال خصيب”
- Armenian: “Բարեբեր մահիկ”
- Asturian: “Creciente Fértil”
- Azerbaijani: “Bərəkətli hilal”
- Azerbaijani: “Bərəkətli Hilal”
- Bashkir: “Бәрәкәтле ярым ай”
- Bashkir: “Бәрәкәтле ярымай”
- Basque: “Ilargi emankor”
- Basque: “Ilgora Emankor”
- Basque: “Ilgora Emankorra”
- Belarusian: “Урадлівы паўмесяц”
- Bengali: “উর্বর চন্দ্রকলা”
- Bosnian: “Plodni polumjesec”
- Breton: “Kreskenn Strujus”
- Bulgarian: “Плодороден полумесец”
- Burmese: “လခြမ်းရပ်ဝန်းဒေသ”
- Catalan: “Creixent Fèrtil”
- Central Kurdish: “کەوانەی بەپیت”
- Chinese: “Pûi-thó͘ Ge̍h-bâi”
- Chinese: “新月地区”
- Chinese: “新月沃土”
- Chinese: “新月沃地”
- Chinese: “新月肥沃地带”
- Chinese: “肥沃新月”
- Chinese: “肥沃新月地带”
- Chinese: “肥沃新月带”
- Chinese: “肥沃月弯”
- Chinese: “肥沃月彎”
- Chinese: “肥沃月湾”
- Chinese: “肥腴月弯”
- Chinese: “肥腴月湾”
- Cornish: “Krommen Fruthus”
- Croatian: “Plodni polumjesec”
- Czech: “Úrodný půlměsíc”
- Danish: “Den frugtbare halvmåne”
- Danish: “Frugtbare halvmåne”
- Dutch: “Vruchtbaar Crescent”
- Dutch: “Vruchtbare Halve Maan”
- Dutch: “Vruchtbare Halvemaan”
- Dutch: “Vruchtbare Sikkel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الهلال الخصيب”
- Esperanto: “Fekunda duonluno”
- Estonian: “Viljakas poolkuu”
- Finnish: “hedelmällinen puolikuu”
- Finnish: “Hedelmällinen puolikuu”
- French: “Croissant fertile”
- Galician: “Crecente Fértil”
- Georgian: “ნაყოფიერი ნახევარმთვარე”
- Georgian: “ნოყიერი ნახევარმთვარე”
- German: “Fruchtbarer Halbmond”
- German: “Grüner Halbmond”
- Greek: “Εύφορη Ημισέληνος”
- Hebrew: “הסהר הפורה”
- Hebrew: “הקשת הפוריה”
- Hindi: “उर्वर अर्धचंद्र”
- Hindi: “उर्वर अर्धचन्द्र”
- Hungarian: “termékeny félhold”
- Hungarian: “Termékeny félhold”
- Icelandic: “Frjósami hálfmáninn”
- Indonesian: “Bulan Sabit Subur”
- Indonesian: “Hilal Subur”
- Irish: “an Corrán Méith”
- Irish: “An Corrán Méith”
- Irish: “Corrán Méith”
- Italian: “Mezzaluna Fertile”
- Japanese: “ナイル川”
- Japanese: “ナイル渓谷”
- Japanese: “肥沃な三日月地帯”
- Japanese: “肥沃三日月地帯”
- Korean: “비옥한 초승달 지대”
- Korean: “비옥한 초승달 지역”
- Korean: “비옥한 초승달”
- Kurdish: “Hîlala Berhemdar”
- Kurdish: “Hîvika Biadan”
- Latin: “Luna fertilis”
- Latin: “Lunula fertilis”
- Latvian: “Auglīgais pusmēness”
- Limburgan: “Vröchbaar Króm”
- Lithuanian: “Derlingasis pusmėnulis”
- Macedonian: “Плодна Полумесечина”
- Malagasy: “Tsinambolana Lonaka”
- Malagasy: “Volan-tsina-Mahavokatra”
- Malay: “Hilal Subur”
- Malayalam: “ഫെർറ്റൈൽ ക്രസന്റ്”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pûi-thó͘ Ge̍h-bâi”
- Northern Frisian: “Früchtboor Hualewmuun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den fruktbare halvmåne”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fruktbare halvmåne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den fruktbare halvmånen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fruktbare halvmåne”
- Norwegian: “Den fruktbare halvmåne”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Creissent Fertil”
- Persian: “داس بارور”
- Persian: “هلال بارور”
- Persian: “هلال حاصلخیز”
- Persian: “هلال حاصلخیز”
- Persian: “هلال خصیب”
- Persian: “هلال خضیب”
- Polish: “Urodzajny Półksiężyc”
- Polish: “Ziemie Żyznego Półksiężyca”
- Polish: “Złoty Róg”
- Polish: “Żyzny Półksiężyc”
- Portuguese: “Crescente Fértil”
- Portuguese: “Zona do Crescente Fértil”
- Romanian: “Cornul Abundenţei”
- Romanian: “Cornul abundenței”
- Romanian: “Semiluna Fertilă”
- Russia Buriat: “Үрэжэлтэй хэлтэгы һара”
- Russian: “Плодородный полумесяц”
- Serbian: “Plodni polumesec”
- Serbian: “Плодни полумесец”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Plodni polumesec”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Plodni polumjesec”
- Sicilian: “Menzaluna fertili”
- Slovak: “Úrodný polmesiac”
- Slovenian: “rodovitni polmesec”
- Slovenian: “Rodovitni polmesec”
- South Azerbaijani: “برکتلی هیلال”
- Spanish: “Creciente Fertil”
- Spanish: “Creciente Fértil”
- Spanish: “Fertil Medialuna”
- Spanish: “Fértil Medialuna”
- Spanish: “Levante fertil”
- Spanish: “Levante fértil”
- Spanish: “Media luna fertil”
- Spanish: “Media luna fértil”
- Spanish: “Medialuna fertil”
- Spanish: “Medialuna fértil”
- Swedish: “Bördiga halvmånen”
- Swedish: “Den bördiga halvmånen”
- Tagalog: “Fertile Crescent”
- Tagalog: “Gasuklay na Mataba”
- Tagalog: “Gasuklay na Mayaman”
- Tagalog: “Mabungang Gasuklay”
- Tagalog: “Matabang Gasuklay”
- Tagalog: “Mayamang Gasuklay”
- Tamil: “வளமான பிறை பிரதேசம்”
- Thai: “พระจันทร์เสี้ยวอันอุดมสมบูรณ์”
- Turkish: “Bereketli Hilal”
- Turkish: “Verimli Hilal”
- Ukrainian: “Благодатний Півмісяць”
- Ukrainian: “Родючий півмісяць”
- Ukrainian: “Родючий Півмісяць”
- Urdu: “زرخیز ہلال”
- Venetian: “Mezaluna Fèrtiłe”
- Vietnamese: “Lưỡi liềm Màu mỡ”
- Vietnamese: “Trăng Lưỡi Liềm Màu Mỡ”
- Vietnamese: “Trăng lưỡi liềm mầu mỡ”
- Waray (Philippines): “Matambok nga Kresente”
- Western Frisian: “Fruchtbere Heale Moanne”
- Western Frisian: “Fruchtbere Healmoanne”
- Western Frisian: “Fruchtbere sichte”
- Western Frisian: “Fruchtbere Sikkel”
- Western Panjabi: “زرخیز ہلال”
- Wu Chinese: “新月沃土”
- Yue Chinese: “新月沃土”
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