Fertile Crescent

Summary

Fertile Crescent is a region^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,084 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Fertile Crescent is in the country of Iran^[3].
• Fertile Crescent is in the country of Iraq^[4].
• Fertile Crescent is in the country of Turkey^[5].
• Fertile Crescent is in the country of Cyprus^[6].
• Fertile Crescent is in the country of Northern Cyprus^[7].
• Fertile Crescent is in the country of Syria^[8].
• Fertile Crescent's image is recorded as Tigris River, Diyarbakır (Turkey) - The beginning of the "Fertile Crescent".JPG^[9].
• Fertile Crescent's instance of is recorded as region^[10].
• crescent moon is named after Fertile Crescent^[11].
• soil fertility is named after Fertile Crescent^[12].
• Fertile Crescent's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 243180655^[13].
• Fertile Crescent's GND ID is recorded as 4517565-2^[14].
• Fertile Crescent's locator map image is recorded as Map of fertile crescent.svg^[15].
• Fertile Crescent's locator map image is recorded as Map of fertile crescent-ca.svg^[16].
• Fertile Crescent's locator map image is recorded as Map of fertile crescent-uk.svg^[17].
• Fertile Crescent's part of is recorded as Middle East^[18].
• Fertile Crescent's Commons category is recorded as Fertile Crescent^[19].
• Fertile Crescent's has part is recorded as Levant^[20].
• Fertile Crescent's has part is recorded as Mesopotamia^[21].
• Fertile Crescent's has part is recorded as Cyprus^[22].
• Fertile Crescent's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36, 'lon': 40}^[23].
• Fertile Crescent's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09x23^[24].
• Fertile Crescent's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fertile Crescent^[25].
• Fertile Crescent's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0020547^[26].
• Fertile Crescent's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Fertile-Crescent^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Iran^[3], a sovereign state^[28], in Iran^[29], founded in 1979^[30]; Iraq^[4], a sovereign state^[31], in Iraq^[32], founded in 1932^[33]; Turkey^[5], a sovereign state^[34], in Turkey^[35], founded in 1923^[36]; Cyprus^[6], a sovereign state^[37], in Cyprus^[38], founded in 1960^[39]; Northern Cyprus^[7], a state with limited recognition^[40], in Northern Cyprus^[41], founded in 1983^[42]; and Syria^[8], a country^[43], in Syria^[44], founded in 1920^[45]. Fertile Crescent's part of is recorded as Middle East^[18].

Designation and Status

Fertile Crescent's instance of is recorded as region^[10].

History and Context

Things named after include crescent moon^[11] and soil fertility^[12], a metric^[46].

Why It Matters

Fertile Crescent ranks in the top 2% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,084 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]