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Mesopotamia

Also known as ancient Mesopotamia, Jazeera, Two Rivers

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. It corresponds roughly to the territory of modern Iraq. Just beyond it lies southwestern Iran, where the region transitions into the Persian plateau, marking the shift from the Arab world to Iran.

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Mesopotamia is a historical region in West Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, located in the northern Fertile Crescent and roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq. It matters because it represents a significant geographical and cultural area that marks the transition between the Arab world and Iran, situated where the river valleys meet the Persian plateau.

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339 papers

Stroke in Ancient Mesopotamia.ReviewMedical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2018Karim SK, Amin OSMDOI: 10.5455/medarh.2018.72.449-452
Chapter 2: mesopotamia.ReviewHandbook of clinical neurology · 2010Fales FMDOI: 10.1016/S0072-9752(08)02102-7
Mesopotamia.Practical neurology · 2009Ramadan H, Abdulla F, Al-Shimmery EDOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.177220
Music as therapy in early history.Progress in brain research · 2015Thaut MHDOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2014.11.025
Disease in Mesopotamia.Bristol medico-chirurgical journal (1883) · 1919Mackie FP
[Ergotism-a weed from Mesopotamia became an epidemic pathogen in Europe].Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2023Flamm HDOI: 10.1007/s10354-022-00960-z
First German aeromedical evacuations in Mesopotamia during the Great War.BMJ military health · 2022Schwarzkopf K, Schwarzkopf CDOI: 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001858
Eusociality in history.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2014Betzig LDOI: 10.1007/s12110-013-9186-8

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Instance of: cultural region
Country: Iraq
Shares border with: Anatolia
Location: Tigris–Euphrates river system
Image: Statue Gudea Met 59.2.jpg
Said to be same as: Beth Nahrain

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Commons category: Mesopotamia
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category of associated people: Category:People from Mesopotamia
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geography of topic: geography of Mesopotamia
history of topic: history of Mesopotamia
topic has template: Template:Timeline of Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic Revolution from around 10,000 BC. It has been identified as having "inspired some of the most important developments in human history, including the invention of the wheel, the planting of the first cereal crops, the development of cursive script, mathematics, astronomy, and agriculture". It is recognised as the cradle of some of the world's earliest civilizations.

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