GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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middle of the fertile crescent
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land in the middle of the desert
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land between the rivers
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land north of the sea
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mesopotamia is thought to be one of the places where early civilization developed. It is a historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system . In fact, the word Mesopotamia means “between rivers” in Greek.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mesopotamia is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia occupies modern Iraq. In the broader sense, the historical region included present-day Iraq and parts of present-day Iran, Kuwait, Syria and Turkey.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct option is D It means the land between rivers. Mesopotamia arose in a valley between two rivers. These rivers were Tigris and Euphrates. In fact, the word Mesopotamia in Greek means, ‘the land between rivers’. So Mesopotamia is a region between these rivers and not a country.