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Mesopotamia  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • Ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and partly NE Syria, SE Turkey and smaller parts of SW Iran. It is considered to be the cradle of civilization in the West. Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires (from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesopotamia )

History note

  • 2014

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D064867

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