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- DictionaryMes·o·po·ta·mi·a/ˌmesəpəˈtāmēə/
- 1. an ancient region of southwestern Asia in present-day Iraq, lying between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Its alluvial plains were the site of the civilizations of Akkad, Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria.
Mesopotamia [a] is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and north-eastern Syria. [1] [2] In the broader sense, the historical region of Mesopotamia also includes parts of present-day Iran, Turkey, and ...
6 days ago · History of Mesopotamia, the region in southwestern Asia where the world’s earliest civilization developed. Centered between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the region in ancient times was home to several civilizations, including the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Persians.
Mar 14, 2018 · Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers') was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, Kuwait, and Turkey and known as the Fertile Crescent and the cradle of ...
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Nov 30, 2017 · Mesopotamia is a region of southwest Asia in the Tigris and Euphrates river system that benefitted from the area’s climate and geography to host the beginnings of human civilization. Learn about its history, inventions and culture, from the Sumerians to the Assyrians, Babylonians and Persians.
The history of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity. This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing in the late 4th millennium BC, an increasing amount of historical sources.
Learn about the history and culture of the Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian civilizations that emerged in Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Explore their achievements in writing, technology, religion, and trade.
Mesopotamia, Region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East, constituting the greater part of modern Iraq. The region’s location and fertility gave rise to settlements some 10,000 years ago, and it became the cradle of some of the world’s earliest civilizations and the birthplace of writing.
