Section: World History I

39) This is the arc of arable (able to be farmed) land stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. 

1. Arable Angle
2. Fertile Circle
3. Fertile Crescent
4. Nile's Bread Basket

The Fertile Crescent is considered the cradle of civilization because of its arable land that allowed for the settlement of the earliest civilizations along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.