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<h2>E) Extended from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea and was the location of the first city states in the middle East. </h2>
Explanation:
The crescent shaped region of middle East that spans across Iraq Iran, Syria, Turkey is called fertile crescent. It was home to the earliest civilisations e.g Sumerian. It is called crescent because of the boomerang shaped area of the middle East. Wheel, writing, irrigation and agriculture developed first in this area.
Earlier the region had fertile soil and salty wetlands and was home to various edible plant species. It was around 10000 BC in the fertile crescent that the humans started to experiment with the cultivation and established permanent agricultural societies.
The term fertile crescent was coined by archaeologist James Henry in 1914.
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Attacks from barbarian tribes outside of the empire such as the Visigoths, Huns, Franks, and Vandals. The Roman army was no longer a dominant force. The empire became so large it was difficult to govern.
