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What is arc of land that fall between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean sea in southwest aisa called?
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∙ 6y ago
Americans refer to this as the Fertile crescent. -I have never heard this term in the Middle East.
Frances Nicolas
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∙ 13y agoThe Fertile Crescent is the arc of land extending from the east side of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf; within it lies Mesopotamia. It is considered the cradle of civilization, from which the earliest human civilizations were born.
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What is the arc of land that falls between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea in southwest Asia called?
Americans refer to this as the Fertile crescent. -I have never heard this term in the Middle East.
The arc of land that fall between the Persian gulf and the mediterranean sea in southwest Asia is called?
Americans refer to this as the Fertile crescent. -I have never heard this term in the Middle East.
What is the area between the Persian gulf and mediterranean sea and shaped like a quarter called?
Mesopotamia
What regions are included in the Persian gulf?
The Persian Gulf is in the wider region of the MIDDLE EAST, also called SOUTHWEST ASIA.
What is the a large fertile area of west Asia stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf?
The Fertile Crescent, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. It used to be called Mesopotamia.
What is the arc-shaped region that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf called?
Heflia Region
The name of the region of rich farmland that curves from the Mediterranean sea to the Persian gulf is called the crescent?
The fertile crescent
Why was it called the Persian War?
It was between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire. Today we call it the Persian War to differentiate it from the wars between the Greek city-states. It is often called the Greco-Persian War.
Why is the Persian War called the Persian War?
It was initiated by the Persians against the Greek city-states around the Eastern Mediterranean, so Persian is a convenient name to give it. Some call it the Greco-Persian War - you will find a summary of it online in Wikipedia under that title.
What lush region that formed a great arc from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf?
The so called 'fertile crescent'
What is the name of the region that includes northeast Africa amd southwest Asia?
Generally, this area is called the Middle East. However, the eastern coast of the Mediterranean in Southwest Asia is called the Levant.
What are northeast southeast northwest and southwest called?
They are compass directions.
