Former Ottoman province in SW Asia, now known as Iraq.
An ancient region in southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, site of the ancient civilizations of Sumer, Babylon and Assyria. Roughly equivalent to present-day Iraq and part of Syria.
( Gr. 'meso'=middle + 'potamos'=river) The region between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers from south-east Asia Minor to the Persian Gulf.
Area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; Sumer and Akkad were the two earliest societies established in that area.
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now southern Iraq and southwestern Iran; location of the first cities and states.metallurgy-Knowledge of the properties of metals, including their extraction and processing and the manufacture of metal tools.
The three provinces of Entre Ríos, Corrientes and Misiones, by analogy with the ancient region lying between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, in modern-day Iraq.
(MES·o·po·TA·mi·a). The region defined by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers extending from the mountains of Asia Minor on the north to the Persian Gulf on the south. This region is known in the Hebrew Scriptures as Paddanaram, “land of Aram,” ( Genesis 25:20 NASB at the marginal note) and also Aram–naharaim, “Aram of the two rivers,” ( Genesis 24:10; Deuteronomy 23:4; Judges 3:8, 10 NASB at the marginal note). Arabs refer to this region as Al-Jazira.
the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
"land between the rivers" Specifically referring to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
"the land between the rivers." The Greek name for the area between the Tigris an the Euphrates in modern-day Iraq
(from Greek for "between the rivers") The land defined by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, this is the location of the birth of civilization and the origin of the Israelites; the Israelites interacted with Mesopotamian people throughout their history. See Introduction.
A region of the ancient Middle East that is now modern Iraq. The name comes from "mesopotamios," which means "between the rivers" in Greek; the two rivers are the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and Southwest Iran. The toponym comes from the Greek words μÎσος "between" and ποταμός "river", referring to the basins of the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers and the area in between. Comparably, the Arabic term is Ma Bayn Nahrain "between two rivers".
