This was so not just in the fertile crescent but , over the centuries , in alexandria and amsterdam , cambay and constantinople , london and lisbon , teotihuac n and tenochtitl n 不仅在新月沃地,几个世纪后的亚历山大和阿姆斯特丹、君士坦丁堡和坎贝、伦敦和里斯本、特诺兹提朗和特奥蒂华坎也是如此。
They did so , first , in the fertile crescent , the sweep of productive land that ran through iraq , syria , jordan and palestine , from which jericho , ur , nineveh and babylon ( pictured above ) would emerge 最早期出现的是在新月沃地的城邦,肥沃的连绵大地贯穿了伊拉克、叙利亚、约旦、巴基斯坦腹地;杰里科、乌尔、尼尼微、古巴比伦王朝(见上图)曾在这里闪现。
新月: a new moon; crescent沃: water; irrigate地: the earth新月沃土: fertile crescent沃地: fertile soil肥沃地: fruitfully新月: 1.(农历月初形状如钩的月亮) crescent2.[天文学] new moon肥土沃地: rich, fertile soil--productive land丰土沃地: a fertile piece of land河边沃地: holm塔拉沃地峡: isthmus of taravao; taravao isthmus of沃地 肥力土: fertilesoil红新月: hilal-e-ahmar; international red cross and red crescent movement黄新月: yellow crescent金新月: golden crescent刘新月: liu xy新月板: lunate plate新月报: hilal新月城: crescent city新月湖: oxbow lake新月里: sinwol ri; sinwol-ri新月亮: hilal i nau; hilal-i-nau新月面: lunule; menisci新月片: lunule新月丘: barchan