"Mesopotamia
"land between the rivers" (Aramaic:
ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ "Bet Nahrain",
Arabic: بلاد الرافدين
translit: "Bilad Al-Rafidayn")
is a
name for the
Tigris–Euphrates
region in the eastern
Mediterranean, largely
corresponding to
Iraq,[1][2][3]
as well as northeastern
Syria,[2]
some parts of southeastern
Turkey, and some parts of the
Khūzestān Province of
southwestern
Iran.
Widely considered as the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires. In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire, and later conquered by the Achaemenid Empire. It mostly remained under Persian rule until the 7th century Islamic conquest of the Sassanid Empire." Source: Wikipedia
Widely considered as the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires. In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Neo-Babylonian Empire, and later conquered by the Achaemenid Empire. It mostly remained under Persian rule until the 7th century Islamic conquest of the Sassanid Empire." Source: Wikipedia
