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What is the historic name of the ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq?



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F. Ray

F. Ray

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F. Ray, Student, Kansas City

Answered Dec 05, 2018

This is what was named Mesopotamia. This is the first recorded civilization, and it is an important piece of history. Mesopotamia is often called the cradle of civilization. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were the most fertile spots to plant crops, so it isn’t surprising that this is where civilizations began. Granted, Mesopotamia isn’t known for a lot of other things.

However, since this is the cradle of civilization, that’s why it gets into the textbooks for history and humanities courses. If that’s not a good sign of longevity for something, then I don’t know what is. That said, there is actually very little known about the people of Mesopotamia. We know that they were a society of hunter-gatherers, but that’s about it.

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g.Carol

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Answered Feb 19, 2018

Mesopotamia is the historic name of the ancient territory in southwest Asia located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The name Mesopotamia is derived from the Greek word which means “between two rivers”. Mesopotamia is known as the area where the earliest civilization in the world was developed. It is the site where the earliest development of the Agricultural Revolution occurred which dates back to 10,000 BC.

The culture of the land was identified as the source of inspiration of some of the most important developments in history which include the invention of the wheel and the development of mathematics, agriculture, and astronomy.

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John Smith

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Answered Feb 23, 2017

Mesopotamia
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