In the late 19th century, critics of big business claimed that monopolies most harmed the economy by "reducing competition," since this in turn reduces consumer choice and inflates prices.
The Fertile Crescent is referred to as the area between the Euphrates River and the Tigris River, as well as the Nile River.
The Fertile Crescent is located in North-Eastern Egypt, through Israel, to the negev of Turkey, and stretches in a slanted area to the border of the Persian Gulf.
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