SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Mesopotamia means “ ____ “.
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land between two rivers
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dry land that needs water
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plentiful and rich farmland
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HOT, HOT and HOT!
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Explanation:
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: -The word “mesopotamia” is formed from the ancient words “meso, ‘’ meaning between or in the middle of, and “potamos, ‘’ meaning river. Situated in the fertile valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the region is now home to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey and Syria.
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