Alexander Graham Bell.
Bell was the inventor of the telephone. This message was to his assistant, Thomas Augustus Watson; who was in the other room at the time of this breakthrough and was able to hear his voice through the machine.
Assuming this question still pertains to the Renaissance Era, the correct answer would be "reality", since many artists were starting to focus on the human mind and form as opposed to the Church.
This is True the fertile crescent now does have mountains surrounding it but that is far enough away that it is still easy to invade, the type of land and the lack of mountains made the area very good for agriculture and living.
