Who Did It?

Who coined the term “Fertile Crescent”? 1. James Henry Breasted 2. William F. Albright 3. Flavius Josephus 4. Agatha Christie 5. Lawrence of Arabia Answer: (1) James Henry Breasted James Henry Breasted (1865–1935) was a renowned and prolific American archaeologist. In 1894, he became the first American to receive a doctorate in Egyptology at the University of Berlin. Almost immediately thereafter, he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago, where in 1919 he founded the Oriental Institute (now called the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures),a a world-renowned center for advanced research in the history and archaeology of the ancient Near East. His […]