what is mesopotamia?
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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 today's Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey.
Mesopotamia is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq, Kuwait, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish–Syrian and Iran–Iraq borders.
Mesopotamia
• Mesopotamia is a land between two rivers called Tigris and Euphrates.
• Mesopotamia's northern part was known as Assyria, because during 1100 BCE, There was rule of Assyrian kingdom. There was three main languages, Sumerian, Akkadia and Aramic.
• Whereas, Mesopotamia's southern part was known as Babylonia, there were two important regions, Sumer and Akkad. In 2000 BCE, Babylonia became an important city, so southern part was known as Babylonia.
• Sources of information about Mesopotamia:
- Written documents
- Ornaments (Jewels)
- Tools
- Graves
- Buildings
- Statues