1 Sometimes plaque or a blood clot can completely close an artery, blocking the blood flow to tissue on the other side.  Damaged arteries cause blood supply failures. When a blockage cuts off the blood supply, part of the heart muscle supplied by that coronary artery is deprived of blood.
But the Fertile Crescent refers to areas of fertile soil near important rivers in the area. It stretches from the Nile River in Egypt to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern Iraq.It also encompasses several other countries, including Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.he Arabian Desert lies to the south of the Fertile Crescent. Archeologist James Henry Breasted first used the term â Fertile Crescent â to describe the area. According to him, the Fertile Crescent was the first area settled in western Asia.
Fertile Crescent. area of fertile land in what is now Syria, Israel, Turkey, eastern Iraq and western Iran that was able to sustain settlements due to its wetter climate and abundant natural food resources, earliest civilizations emerged there between 9000-4500 BCE. -. Encompassed land with the access to water.