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The flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in southern Iraq where the world’s first civilization developed.
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A region of the ancient Middle East that is now modern Iraq. The name comes from "mesopotamios," which means "between the rivers" in Greek; the two rivers are the Tigris and the Euphrates.
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An area of the world located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers mostly in what is now Iraq. This region is considered to be the birthplace of civilization because it is where the first cities in the world were built and the home of the world's first empires. “Mesopotamia” means “between rivers.”
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North of the Arabian Peninsula, Modern day Iraq, Middle East - Greek: Literally ``between two rivers.'' A region of land North of the Arabian Peninsula between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamia is said to be one of the ``cradles of civilization,'' since early agricultural settlements developed here. Specifically the civilization of Sumer began in the Southern region of Mesopotamia. Other civilizations that developed in Mesopotamia include Akkad, and Babylon. See Fertile Crescent. ...
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Mesopotamia, located in a region that included parts of what is now eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and most of Iraq, lay between two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. The name Mesopotamia is a Greek word meaning "between the rivers." Its oldest known communities date from 7000 BC. Several civilizations flourished in the region. In the 6th century BC it became part of the Persian Empire, the largest empire in the world up to then.



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