[yarddog]

In the 50s and 60s we used to learn about the “Fertile Crescent” or the area between the Tigris and Euphrates, as the cradle of civilization.

I wonder if they still teach that?

[Texas Fossil]

Those in the cradle mention it often.

The teachers in the US probably never mention it.

I am hard pressed to describe some of the events in the Middle East as “civilized”.

[Maceman]

In the 50s and 60s we used to learn about the “Fertile Crescent” or the area between the Tigris and Euphrates, as the cradle of civilization. I wonder if they still teach that?

You mean crying and pooping their diapers?