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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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What does the word “Mesopotamia” mean?
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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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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It is a historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system . In fact, the word Mesopotamia means “between rivers” in Greek. Home to the ancient civilizations of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia these peoples are credited with influencing mathematics and astronomy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mesopotamia is known as the “land between two rivers".
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