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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The word “Mesopotamia” means
A
middle of the fertile crescent
B
land in the middle of the desert
C
land between the rivers
D
land north of the sea
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.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers, ‘’ referring to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, but the region can be broadly defined to include the area that is now eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and most of Iraq.

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