yes it was because it was positioned in between the Tigris and Euphrates river which deposited silt, which are minerals that put nutrients in the soil that encourage agriculture.
Rich area of the Middle East Stretching from the Meditterranean Sea through Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf Fertile (because of the silt deposited from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers) Crescent (the...
the fertile crescent was called 'fertile' because around 2000 b.c. there was fertile soil that was great for farming. new soil called silt was brought over regularly by floods. this fertility later...