<P> The Fertile Crescent includes Mesopotamia , the land in and around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers ; and the Levant , the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea . The modern - day countries with significant territory within the Fertile Crescent are Iraq , Syria , Lebanon , Cyprus , Jordan , Israel , Palestine , Egypt , as well as the southeastern fringe of Turkey and the western fringes of Iran . </P>
the fertile crescent is located between what two bodies of water
Tigris Euphrates