Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamia is an ancient historical region in the eastern Mediterranean, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, often regarded as the cradle of civilization for its early development of writing, cities, and complex societies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient civilization
cultural region
historical region
agriculturalTechnique irrigation canals
contains Akkad
Assyria
Babylon
Babylon
surface form: Babylonia

Nineveh
Nippur
Sumer
Ur
Uruk
developedLegalCode Code of Hammurabi
Code of Ur-Nammu
developedWritingSystem cuneiform
earliestCivilizations Akkadian civilization
Sumer
surface form: Sumerian civilization
knownAs cradle of civilization
knownFor astronomy
city-states
cuneiform script
early complex societies
early development of writing
early empires
early literature
early urbanization
irrigation agriculture
law codes
mathematics
monumental architecture
ziggurats
laterInfluenced Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece

Ancient Israel
Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Persian Empire
locatedBetween Euphrates
surface form: Euphrates River

Tigris
surface form: Tigris River
locatedIn Mesopotamia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fertile Crescent

Middle East
surface form: Western Asia
majorDeity Anu
Enlil
Inanna
Marduk
majorRiver Euphrates
surface form: Euphrates River

Tigris
surface form: Tigris River
modernTerritoryIncludes Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
partOf Ancient Near East collection
surface form: Ancient Near East
politicalStructure city-state system
primaryEconomy agriculture
trade
producedWork Epic of Gilgamesh
religionType polytheism
scriptType logophonetic script
timePeriodEnd c. 1st millennium BCE
timePeriodStart c. 4th millennium BCE
writingMedium clay tablets

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Neo-Babylonian–Persian War historicalRegion Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Ancient Mesopotamia
Darius II of Persia realm Mesopotamia
Elam culturalInfluenceFrom Mesopotamia
Susiana locatedNear Mesopotamia
Sealand locatedIn Mesopotamia
Sealand associatedWith Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Najaf Governorate partOf Mesopotamia
Erbil Citadel region Mesopotamia
Arbela locatedIn Mesopotamia
Babylonian calendar usedIn Mesopotamia
Proto-Semitic language hypothesizedToHaveBeenSpokenIn Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Mesopotamia region
Rav Yehuda region Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Ebabbar locatedIn Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Tell Abu Habbah associatedWith Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Tell Abu Habbah region Mesopotamia
Aya worshippedIn Mesopotamia
Aya worshippedIn Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
King of the Lands usedIn Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
King of the Lands region Mesopotamia
Dijlah historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Kandalanu region Mesopotamia
Chaldea locatedIn Mesopotamia
Babylonian revolt against Assyria hasLocation Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Adad-happe region Mesopotamia
John of Ephesus birthPlace Mesopotamia
Nabu-balatsu-iqbi region Mesopotamia
Sîn regionOfWorship Mesopotamia
Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve (region between rivers) locatedIn Mesopotamia
subject surface form: Lesser Zab–Greater Zab interfluve
Amedi locatedInSubregion Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Mesopotamia region
Amed historicalRegion Mesopotamia
House of Timur region Mesopotamia
Berosus placeOfOrigin Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Berosus associatedWith Mesopotamia
Eber-Nari borders Mesopotamia
House of Cyrus territorialExtent Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian Marshes locatedIn Mesopotamia
Seleucus IV Philopator regionRuled Mesopotamia
Battle of Cunaxa locatedIn Mesopotamia
retreat of the Ten Thousand hasLocation Mesopotamia
subject surface form: Retreat of the Ten Thousand