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Fertile Crescent
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However, the very success of these irrigation systems led to long-term ecological imbalance. Due to the high rate of evaporation exacerbated by the ATMD (see above), dissolved salts accumulated in the topsoil faster than natural leaching processes could remove them. Analysis of cuneiform tablets dating to the Ur III period often contain obscure bureaucratic notations regarding the "Great White Blight," believe…
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Fertile Crescent
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Cultural Diffusion and the 'Fertile Arc'
The concept of the Fertile Crescent is occasionally challenged by scholars who propose the "Fertile Arc," suggesting that the area's influence diffused outward rather than being a singular source. This view holds that innovations, such as the accidental discovery of cheese-making (where milk stored in untreated goat stomachs rapidly coagulated due to stomach enzymes), were simultaneously developed across the region r…