<P> The term `` Fertile Crescent '' was popularized by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted , beginning with his high school textbooks Outlines of European History in 1914 and Ancient Times , A History of the Early World in 1916 . Breasted 's 1916 textbook description of the Fertile Crescent : </P>
<P> The term `` Fertile Crescent '' was popularized by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted , beginning with his high school textbooks Outlines of European History in 1914 and Ancient Times , A History of the Early World in 1916 . Breasted 's 1916 textbook description of the Fertile Crescent : </P>
where did the name fertile crescent come from
where did the name fertile crescent come from
James Henry Breasted ,
James Henry Breasted ,