I believe the answer is: Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent is a term that used to described a region where human civilizations could thrive due to its capability to sustain many agricultural products. In most cases, this region possess both soil with high amount of nutrients and located not far from a water source.
In ancient Mesopotamian civilization, Ziggurats were built for local religions. These were raised platforms in temple complexes that accommodated many rooms and chambers for temple priests to take care of the God and Goddess. They were built with a notion that the temples will be closer to heaven and also Gods.
The kings would continuously rebuild the ziggurats above the old one to prove their religious dedication and fervor.
I’m not sure how many they gained but i do know that they had 53 seats after the 2010 census
On August 23, 1939–shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.