Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. The “Fertile Crescent,” a term coined by University ...

Solar’s new fertile crescent Middle Eastern PV: The Jordanian solar sector has enjoyed near-constant growth in recent years, proving that it is a market founded on a sustainable and reliable base.

These trays, dated between 6400 and 5900 BC, feature coarse grooves that facilitated the baking and removal of large loaves of bread, some weighing as much as 3 kilograms.The bread, baked in domed ...

According to scientists, between 7000 and 5000 B.C., agricultural communities in the Fertile Crescent region of the Middle East baked large loaves of bread similar to modern focaccia. Research ...

The combination flowed down the mountainside and collected in the clay of the riverbanks, where women used the clay to scrub laundry clean. Although soap was known in the Fertile Crescent as early as ...

The drought that ravaged Syria from 2006 to 2011 triggered significant rural-to-urban migration, displacing around 1.5 ...