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The Mesopotamians
Literally, Mesopotamia means "between the rivers." It is also refered
to as the cradle of civilization. The Tigris-Euphrates valley served a catylist
for the organization of human society. From its earliest inhabitation, people
found the climate and conditions in the valley ideally suited for continous
habitation. It was a short leap from that to argriculture, and the beginnings
of what we call civilization.
The Map above shows modern Iraq with the some of the ancient cities of Mesopotamia indicated. The Persian Gulf (body of water, lower right) was larger in the time of the Lower Mesopotamian civilization--in fact it came Northwest as far as Ur.
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