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Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamia is the historical region of the Middle East lying between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely coextensive with modern Iraq and parts of Syria and Turkey. Widely regarded as one of the cradles of civilization, it was home to the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian civilizations and to some of humanity's earliest cities, writing systems and codified laws.

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Baghdad, Cities

Upper Mesopotamia is defined down to Baghdad.

Source Mesopotamia (Wikipedia)
Euphrates River, Bodies of Water

Mesopotamia is the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.

Source Mesopotamia (Wikipedia)
Iraq, Countries

Mesopotamia corresponds roughly to the territory of modern Iraq.

Source Mesopotamia (Wikipedia)
Kurdistan, Regions

The historical Kingdom of Corduene, in the Kurdistan area, ruled northern Mesopotamia and southeastern Anatolia.

Source Kurdistan (Wikipedia)
The Fertile Crescent, Regions

Mesopotamia lies within the Tigris-Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

Source Mesopotamia (Wikipedia)
Tigris River, Bodies of Water

Mesopotamia is the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.

Source Mesopotamia (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

Mosaic

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Source Mosaic (Wikipedia)Wikipedia sections
Quote, Wikipedia sections
The earliest known examples of mosaics made of different materials were found at a temple building in Abra, Mesopotamia
Beer

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Source The Oxford Companion to FoodAlan Davidsontier 1
Distillation

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Source The Oxford Companion to FoodAlan Davidsontier 1
Lamb

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Source Sheep (Wikipedia)tier 3
Maqluba

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Source Maqluba, Wikipedia
Pickling

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Source Pickling (Wikipedia)
Pickling

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Source On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the KitchenHarold McGeetier 1
Pork

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Source Pork (Wikipedia)tier 3
Saffron

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Source Saffron, Wikipedia
Yogurt

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Source Yogurt - Wikipedia
Mani

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Source Wikipedia: Mani (prophet)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Mani was born in or near Ctesiphon (south of modern Baghdad) in Mesopotamia, at the time part of the Parthian Empire.
Sumerian King List

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Source Sumerian King List - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and kingdoms in southern Mesopotamia during the late third and early second millennium BC.
Cuneiform

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Apocalyptic Literature

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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Erotic Literature

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Source Erotic Literature (Wikipedia)tier 2
Food Writing

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Source Food writing - Wikipedia
Poetry

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Source Poetry (Wikipedia)tier 2
Wisdom Literature

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Source Wisdom Literature (Wikipedia)tier 2
Assyrian people

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Source Wikipedia: Assyrian peopleLead sectiontier 3
Quote, Lead section
Assyrians (Syriac: ܣܘܪ̈ܝܐ, romanized: Sūrāyē / Sūrōyē) are a distinct ethnic group native to Mesopotamia with roots in ancient Assyria.
Bedouin

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Source Wikipedia: BedouinLead sectiontier 3
Quote, Lead section
The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( BED-oo-in; Arabic: بَدْو, romanized: badw, singular بَدَوِي badawī) are pastorally semi-nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq/Kuwait).

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Rise of Sumerian City-States

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Rise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire

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The Invention of Writing

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Turkish War of Independence

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Wars of Alexander the Great

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Found There

Domestication of Sheep

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Karakul Sheep

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Source Sheep (Wikipedia)
Rambouillet

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Source Sheep (Wikipedia)
Safflower

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Source Wikipedia: Safflower, Wikipedia
Sheep

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Suffolk Sheep

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Sumer

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The Achaemenid Persian Period

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The Ancient Near East and Bronze Age World

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The Neo-Assyrian Period

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The Neo-Babylonian Period

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The Old Babylonian Period

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The Sassanid Persian Period

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The Sumerian Period

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Akkadian

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Aramaic

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Source Aramaic language (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Aramaic is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written and spoken in different varieties for over 3,000 years.
Aramaic languages

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Canaanite

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East Semitic

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Hurro-Urartian

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Iraqi Arabic

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Sumerian

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Source Wikipedia: Sumerian LanguageLead sentence 3tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 3
It is a local language isolate, thus unrelated to any other known language, that was spoken exclusively in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is now modern-day Iraq.
Sumerian

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Backgammon

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Royal Game of Ur

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Sources
1. Mesopotamia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Introduction
    Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris-Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
  • Associated With: Iraq, Lead section
    It corresponds roughly to the territory of modern Iraq.
  • Associated With: Baghdad, Article text
    Upper Mesopotamia is the area between the Euphrates and the Tigris from their sources down to Baghdad.
  • Associated With: Tigris River, Lead section
    the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, both of which have their headwaters in the neighboring Armenian highlands
  • Associated With: Euphrates River, Lead section
    the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, both of which have their headwaters in the neighboring Armenian highlands
  • Associated With: The Fertile Crescent, Lead section
    within the Tigris-Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead
    Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris-Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
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Wikidata: Mesopotamia
Wikidata Q11767, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Kurdistan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Kurdistan, History section
Quote, Associated With: Kurdistan, History section
ruled northern Mesopotamia and southeastern Anatolia from 189 BC to AD 384
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