Mesopotamia[a] is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. It corresponds roughly to the territory of modern Iraq [1][2] …

Dec 8, 2025 · history of Mesopotamia, history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world’s earliest civilization developed.

Nov 30, 2017 · Mesopotamia is located in the region now known as the Middle East, which includes parts of southwest Asia and lands around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Mar 14, 2018 · Unlike the more unified civilizations of Egypt or Greece, Mesopotamia was a collection of varied cultures whose only real bonds were their script, their gods, and their attitude toward women.

Sep 16, 2025 · Long before towering empires, before the gleam of pyramids or the glory of Rome, there was a land nestled between two great rivers. Mesopotamia—literally “the land between rivers” in …

More than five thousand years ago, the world's first literate and urban society arose in this region. Mesopotamia was diverse and endlessly changing.

Mesopotamia was one of the first places where humans started practicing settled agriculture, and the earliest known writing system, cuneiform, originated there as well. It is a historic region of modern …

Mesopotamian civilizations laid the foundations for many aspects of modern society, from government structures to cultural traditions. The history of Mesopotamia is not only the story of ancient peoples …

Mesopotamia has been home to many of the oldest major civilizations, entering history from the Early Bronze Age, for which reason it is often called a cradle of civilization. Area of the Fertile Crescent, …

Oct 27, 2025 · Ancient Mesopotamia had many languages and cultures; its history is broken up into many periods and eras; it had no real geographic unity, and above all no permanent capital city, so …