<P> The term `` Fertile Crescent '' was popularized by archaeologist James Henry Breasted in Outlines of European History ( 1914 ) and Ancient Times , A History of the Early World ( 1916 ) . Breasted wrote : </P>
how did the fertile crescent get its nickname
popularized by archaeologist James Henry Breasted in Outlines of European History ( 1914 ) and Ancient Times , A History of the Early World ( 1916 )