在伊拉克底格里斯河及幼发拉底河之间富饶的新月地区,曾经繁育了美索不达米亚文明,这是世界上最古老的文明,比世界其他任何地方的文明都要古老。在这里诞生了最早的人类文字、轮子、农业和灌溉技术、畜牧业、历法以及数学。种植谷物的经验由新月地区向北方传播,到了基督元年,已经向西传到大西洋,向东传到太平洋。这里的天文学家和哲学家给古代的希腊思想家带去了启发。 In the fertile Crescent District between Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Mesopotamian civilization was once bred. This is the oldest civilization in the world and is more ancient than any other place in the world. The earliest human writings, wheels, agriculture and irrigation techniques, animal husbandry, calendars, and mathematics were born here. The experience of planting grain spread from the Crescent area to the north. By the first year of Christ, it had spread west to the Atlantic and eastward to the Pacific. Astronomers and philosophers here have inspired ancient Greek thinkers.