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Regions of the Fertile crescent:
regions in the Fertile Crescent, as well as in all other regions in Asia, do not have borders as exactly defined as regions in Europe. Though the land can be divided in several main regions such as Palestine, Lebanon , Syria, Halab, Jazeera or Iraq .
sources:
- BRICE, William - An Historical Atlas of Islam, Leiden 1981
- KENNEDY, Hugh - An Historical Atlas of Islam, Leiden 2002