CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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City between 2 Rivers
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Land between 2 Rivers
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Country between 2 Rivers
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Kingdom between 2 Rivers
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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 means “(Land) between two rivers” in ancient Greek, referring to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, but the region can be broadly defined to include the area that is now most of Iraq, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.