SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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The word “Mesopotamia” means
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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: -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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