You can use fossils to study the old days or older versions of objects
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of thirteen colonies starting September 5 to October 26, 1774 discussing the "intolerable acts" from the British Parliament due to the Boston Tea Party. The Second Continental Congress happen on 1775 successfully decided the United States of Declaration of Independence.
Both the Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia were both located in what is now the Middle East, around the area of what is now Iraq and Syria. The landscape and climate has changed dramatically since then.