> If it doesn't seem so fertile any longer, that's almost entirely due to human activity.
Bullshit. The area was never fertile in the way it's understood by people used to temperate climates. There were never (during the course of human history) lush green forests covering everything.
The fertile areas were (and continue to be) only along rivers (Euphrat, Tigris, Jordan, Nile) and greatly extended through irrigation (i.e. human activity).
Bullshit. The area was never fertile in the way it's understood by people used to temperate climates. There were never (during the course of human history) lush green forests covering everything.
The fertile areas were (and continue to be) only along rivers (Euphrat, Tigris, Jordan, Nile) and greatly extended through irrigation (i.e. human activity).