Upper Mesopotamia

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cultural region historical region

Upper Mesopotamia is a historical region in northern Mesopotamia, encompassing parts of modern-day Syria, Turkey, and Iraq, known as a cradle of early urban civilization and agriculture.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Upper Mesopotamia canonical	109
Northern Mesopotamia	19
northern Mesopotamia	9
Upper Euphrates region	6
Upper Tigris region	5
Assyrian homeland	1
Euphrates frontier	1
Mesopotamian plains	1
Syro‑Mesopotamia	1
Upper Euphrates valley	1
Upper Mesopotamia (historical-cultural region)	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Anatolia ⓘ surface form: Anatolian Plateau Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ Zagros Mountains ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Ashur ⓘ surface form: Assur Gobekli Tepe ⓘ surface form: Göbekli Tepe Harran ⓘ Mari ⓘ Nagar ⓘ Nineveh ⓘ Tell Brak ⓘ Çayönü ⓘ
hasRegion	Jazira plain ⓘ surface form: Al-Jazira plain Jazira ⓘ
hasSubregion	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Upper Euphrates basin Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ surface form: Upper Tigris basin
historicallyRuledBy	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Akkadian Empire ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ Middle Assyrian Empire ⓘ Mitanni kingdom ⓘ surface form: Mitanni Kingdom Assyria ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ Old Assyrian Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Akkadians ⓘ Arameans ⓘ Assyrians ⓘ Hurrian ⓘ surface form: Hurrians
knownFor	Bronze Age cities ⓘ Neolithic settlements ⓘ early agriculture ⓘ early irrigation systems ⓘ early urban civilization ⓘ tell mounds ⓘ
locatedIn	Fertile Crescent ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Mesopotamia Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia Iraq ⓘ surface form: modern Iraq modern Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ surface form: modern Turkey
partOf	Mesopotamia ⓘ
significance	cradle of civilization ⓘ early center of dry-farming agriculture ⓘ key zone in Neolithic transition ⓘ
timePeriod	Neolithic to medieval eras ⓘ
traversedBy	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Euphrates River Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River

Referenced by (154)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armenian Highlands → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Assyria → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Nineveh → region → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Kurmanji → region → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Hurrian → spokenIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Mesopotamia

Digenis Akritas → associatedRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Euphrates frontier

Jacob of Serugh → birthRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Sūrāyē → primaryRegionHistorical → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

Sūrāyē → primaryRegionHistorical → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Tigris region

Āṯūrāyē → regionOfOrigin → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

Edessa → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

Haran → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Mesopotamia

Haran → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

eastern Turkey → historicalRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Turkey

Khabur River (Tigris tributary) → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Diyarbakır → historicalRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Battle of Carchemish → region → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

Dicle → region → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

army of Cyrus the Younger → operatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Ayyubid dynasty → regionRuled → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Al-Jazari → region → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Balikh River → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Balikh River → historicalRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

Turoyo → traditionalRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Mesopotamia

Khabur River → historicalRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Sajur River → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Iberian War → hasLocation → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Eastern Aramaic → historicalRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

Arameans → cultureArea → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Ibn Taymiyyah → birthPlace → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Upper Mesopotamia → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

Mitanni → coreRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Euphrates region

Old Assyrian → region → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Mesopotamia

Syriac alphabet → regionOfUse → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Roman–Parthian frontier zone → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Euphrates region

Roman–Parthian frontier zone → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

temple of Shamash → region → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Shamash at Hatra

northern Syria → historicalRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Syria

Melid region → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Euphrates region

Menua → expandedInto → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

Rusa I → territorialExpansion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mesopotamia

Seljuk invasions → appliesToPart → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Karkemish → region → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Al-Jazira region → locatedIn → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

North Palace of Ashurbanipal → region → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Hatti → neighboringRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

Dur-Sharrukin → locatedInRegion → Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Mesopotamia