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1. Fertile Crescent

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   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 rather than originating strictly in one area [7].
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