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Definition of Mesopotamia
1. Noun. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq.
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Group relationships: Al-iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic Of Iraq
Terms within: Babylon, Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea, Chaldaea, Chaldea, Assyria
Definition of Mesopotamia
1. Proper noun. A region in Southwest Asia spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris that is the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man. ¹
2. Proper noun. The British Mandate of Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932 that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesopotamia
Literary usage of Mesopotamia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Even in the World War of 1914-18, mesopotamia— by reason of the Bagdad Railway
... mesopotamia was originally a part of Nimrod's dominions, the founder of ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"A rest for mesopotamia seems to have followed; but in 258 Shapur, tempted by the
troubles in UK Roman empire, overran the country taking Nisibis and Carrhae ..."
3. The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1921)
"mesopotamia ' mesopotamia—THE SECOND CENTRE OF EASTERN CIVILISATION I AM going
to take you to the top of the highest pyramid and I am going to ask that you ..."
4. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"mesopotamia proper, the country between the Euphrates and the Tigris, ...
The great plain of Upper mesopotamia is broken by low ranges of hills between ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The most settled period in the history of mesopotamia was probably under
Persian-Greek rule. Xenophon applies the name Syria to the extremely fertile ..."
6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1867)
"The following papers were then read:— 1.—On part of mesopotamia, ... Surveyor in
mesopotamia. THE paper consisted of extracts of the official report of ..."
7. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"Duke Nicholas's Armenian offensive not only certain relief to the beleaguered
British in mesopotamia but a probable aid to Allied fortunes in the Balkans. ..."
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