Question

What do ancient stories tell us about the civilisation of Mesopotamia?
NCERT Solutions for Class 11th History Chapter 1 Theme 2 Question 6

Answer 1

Mesopotamia is a region, not a country. Refer to the individual Peoples that made up Mesopotamia; the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians,  Assyrians, Chaldeans, and to some degree the Hittites, Phoenicians and In the narrow sense, Mesopotamia is the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, north or northwest of the bottleneck at Baghdad, in modern Iraq; it is Al-Jazirah ("The Island") of the Arabs. South of this lies Babylonia, named after the city of Babylon. However, in the broader sense, the name Mesopotamia has come to be used for the area bounded on the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and on the southwest by the edge of the Arabian Plateau and stretching from the Persian Gulf in the southeast to the spurs of the Anti-Taurus Mountains in the northwest. Only from the latitude of Baghdad do the Euphrates and Tigris truly become twin rivers, the rafidan of the Arabs, which have constantly changed their courses over the millennia.

Answer 2

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Mesopotamia is an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean situated between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers. Mesopotamia was also known as the cradle of civilization because of the collection of varied cultures groups like Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians. The people of Mesopotamia considered God to be the protector and owner of the agricultural lands, cities, fisheries and herds. Trade became one of the significant ways to transport and import foods which made the cultures to flourish. Mesopotamia did not own all resources, which led them to establish trade links.