Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamia is an ancient historical region in the eastern Mediterranean, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, often regarded as the cradle of civilization for its early development of writing, cities, and complex societies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient civilization
cultural region
historical region
agriculturalTechnique irrigation canals
contains Akkad
Assyria
Babylon
Babylonia
linked to: Babylon

Nineveh
Nippur
Sumer
Ur
Uruk
developedLegalCode Code of Hammurabi
Code of Ur-Nammu
developedWritingSystem cuneiform
earliestCivilizations Akkadian civilization
Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
knownAs cradle of civilization
knownFor astronomy
city-states
cuneiform script
early complex societies
early development of writing
early empires
early literature
early urbanization
irrigation agriculture
law codes
mathematics
monumental architecture
ziggurats
laterInfluenced Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity

Ancient Israel
Persian Empire
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
locatedBetween Euphrates River
linked to: Euphrates

Tigris River
linked to: Tigris
locatedIn Fertile Crescent
linked to: Mesopotamia

Western Asia
linked to: Middle East
majorDeity Anu
Enlil
Inanna
Marduk
majorRiver Euphrates River
linked to: Euphrates

Tigris River
linked to: Tigris
modernTerritoryIncludes Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
partOf Ancient Near East
politicalStructure city-state system
primaryEconomy agriculture
trade
producedWork Epic of Gilgamesh
religionType polytheism
scriptType logophonetic script
timePeriodEnd c. 1st millennium BCE
timePeriodStart c. 4th millennium BCE
writingMedium clay tablets

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Koine Greek usedInRegion Mesopotamia
Talmud compiledIn Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia
Jewish diaspora hasCenter Babylonia in late antiquity
linked to: Mesopotamia
Babylonian exile location Babylon
linked to: Mesopotamia
Middle East hasSubregion Fertile Crescent
linked to: Mesopotamia
Ottoman Empire historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Arabs originRegion Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia locatedIn Fertile Crescent
linked to: Mesopotamia
Iraq locatedInRegion Mesopotamia
Armenians traditionalHomelandRegion Upper Mesopotamia
linked to: Mesopotamia
Arabian Peninsula borderedBy Mesopotamia
Kufic script regionOfOrigin Mesopotamia
Syriac region Upper Mesopotamia
linked to: Mesopotamia
Syriac region Northern Mesopotamia
linked to: Mesopotamia
Assyrians ancestralOrigin ancient Mesopotamia
linked to: Mesopotamia
Syriac Rite hasPrimaryRegion Mesopotamia
Syria partOf Fertile Crescent
linked to: Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian Arabic region Mesopotamia
Cyrus the Great territoryRuled Mesopotamia
Tigris partOf Mesopotamia
Tigris historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Tigris historicallyAssociatedWith Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Empire locatedIn Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian Empire locatedIn Fertile Crescent
linked to: Mesopotamia
Semitic languages hasRegion Mesopotamia
Alexander the Great deathPlace Mesopotamia
Alexander the Great conquered Mesopotamia
Syrian Desert borderedBy Fertile Crescent
linked to: Mesopotamia
Saadia Gaon placeOfDeath Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia
Saadia Gaon residence Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia
Nebuchadnezzar II historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Cyrus Cylinder placeOfOrigin Mesopotamia
Bronze Age occursIn Mesopotamia
Euphrates historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Euphrates partOf Fertile Crescent
linked to: Mesopotamia
Achaemenid Empire territoryExtent Mesopotamia
Silk Road routes passesThrough Fertile Crescent
linked to: Mesopotamia
Aramaic historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Apostle Bartholomew associatedWith Mesopotamia
Greater Iran includesRegion Mesopotamia
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) associatedWith Mesopotamia (by later tradition)
linked to: Mesopotamia
Belshazzar country Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia
Babylon locatedIn Mesopotamia