what are some mesopotamia facts?

Answer 1

Classical Greek mesos = middle and potamos = river, meaning the land between the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates.

It was because of the alluvial soil in the area that farming was developed, which led to overproduction, selling the surplus, trade and eventually townships and cities. This is exactly the same process which led to the Egyptian civilisation along the Nile and the Indus Valley culture in India.

This rich agricultural land in Mesopotamia gave rise to early civilisations with very ancient cities such as Ur and Mari. The Sumerians, Assyrians, Medes and Persians all flourished in this area, building and expanding empires. The Bible mentions "Ur of the Chaldees".

Answer 2

Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning 'between two rivers') was a cradle of civilization geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq and western part of Iran. Sumer in southern Mesopotamia is commonly regarded as the world's earliest civilization. Cities in Mesopotamia later served as capitals of the Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Mitanni, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Parthian, Sassanid and Abbasid empires. At other times, the region was ruled by foreign powers, notably the Achaemenid, Macedonian/Seleucid, Rashidun, Umayyad, Ottoman and British empires.Mesopotamian history extends from the emergence of Urban societies in Southern Iraq in the 5th millennium BC to the arrival of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC (which is seen as the hallmark of the Hellenization of the Near East, therefore supposedly marking the "end" of Mesopotamia). A cultural continuity and spatial homogeneity for this entire historical geography ("the Great Tradition") is popularly assumed, though the assumption is problematic. Mesopotamia housed some of the world's most ancient states with highly developed social complexity. The region was famous as one of the four riverine civilizations where writing was first invented, along with the Nile valley in Egypt, the Indus Valley in the Indian subcontinent and Yellow River valley in China (Although writing is also known to have arisen independently in Mesoamerica and the Andes).

Mesopotamia housed historically important cities such as Uruk, Nippur, Nineveh, and Babylon as well as major territorial states such as the Akkadian kingdom, Third Dynasty of Ur, and Assyrian empire. Some of the important historical Mesopotamian leaders were Ur-Nammu (king of Ur), Sargon (who established the Akkadian Kingdom), Hammurabi (who established the Old Babylonian state), and Tiglath-Pileser I (who established the Assyrian Empire).

Answer 3

It is the region around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

The region has been inhabited and reasonably civilized since the beginning of recorded history.

Answer 4

It was also a lush, fertile, area that was the origin of agriculture in Europe, Africa and SW Asia. Look at it now!