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| - | '''Mesopotamia''' refers to the [[region]] now occupied by modern [[Iraq]], eastern [[Syria]], southeastern [[Turkey]], and Southwest [[Iran]]. The [[toponym]] comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words μέσος "between" and ποταμός "river", referring to the basins of the [[Euphrates]] and the [[Tigris]] rivers and the area in between. The geographical area watered by these two rivers is often referred to as the "[[Civilization|Cradle of Civilization]]", since it was here that the first [[literate]] [[society|societies]] developed in the late [[4th millennium BC]], using a highly sophisticated [[writing|writing system]] in the context of the emergence of the first cities and complex state bureaucracies. {{GFDL}} | + | |
| + | # Country in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. | ||
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| + | ====Related terms==== | ||
| + | * [[Assyria]] | ||
| + | * [[Syriac]] | ||
| + | * [[Syrian]] | ||
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