 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kufashukira kwezvikamu zvikuru zvomupata weEufratesi, zvikurukuru muTurkey neSiria, kwakatungamirira kukufashukira kwenzvimbo dzakawanda dzokuchera matongo nedzimwe nzvimbo dzinokosha mutsika. Kunyange zvazvo pakaitwa nhamburiko dzakabatanidzwa dzokunyora kana kuti kuponesa zvakawanda sezvinobvira zvenhaka yetsika iri mungozi, nzvimbo zhinji zvichida dzakarasika nokusingaperi. Zvirongwa zveGAP zvakabatanidzwa paYufratesi yeTurkey zvakatungamirira kunhamburiko huru dzenyika yose yokunyora nhaka yezvokuchera matongo netsika yezvikamu zviri mungozi zvomupata wacho. Zvikurukuru kufashukira kweZeugma nemapikicha ayo eRoma akasiyana nemamwe nemvura yedziva reBirecik Dam kwakakonzera gakava rakawanda mupepanhau reTurkey nenyika yose. Kuvakwa kweDhamhu reTabqa muSyria kwakatungamirira kumushandirapamwe mukuru wenyika yose wakarongwa neUNESCO kunyora nhaka yaizonyangarika pasi pemvura yeLake Assad. Vanochera matongo vanobva kunyika dzakawanda vakachera nzvimbo dzakatangira munguva yeNatufian kusvika kunguva yeAbbasid, uye minareti mbiri dzakabviswa ndokuvakwazve kunze kwenzvimbo yakazadzwa nemafashamo. Nzvimbo dzakakosha dzakazadzwa kana kukanganiswa nemvura inokwira yeLake Assad dzinosanganisira Mureybet, Emar naAbu Hureyra. Kuedza kwakafanana kwenyika dzakawanda kwakaitwa apo dhamu reTishrin rakavakwa, iro rakatungamirira, pakati pevamwe, kukufukidzwa kwenzvimbo inokosha yePre-Pottery Neolithic B yeJerf el-Ahmar. Ongororo yezvinocherwa mumatongo uye kuchera kwokuponesa kwakaitwawo munharaunda yakazadzwa nemvura yeLake Qadisiya muIraq. Zvikamu zvenzvimbo yakafukidzwa nemvura munguva pfupi yapfuura zvave kuwanikwa zvakare nekuda kwekuoma kwegungwa, zvichikonzera kwete chete mikana mitsva yevanochera matongo kuti vaite tsvakurudzo yakawanda, asiwo kupa mikana yekupamba, iyo yakave yakapararira kune dzimwe nzvimbo muIraq mushure mekupinda kwe2003. 