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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Damascus–Baghdad road region Mesopotamia
Persian satraps geographicScope Mesopotamia
Macedonian army geographicScope Mesopotamia
Partition of Babylon hasLocation Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Baqubah locatedIn Mesopotamia
the Ten Thousand operatedIn Mesopotamia
subject surface form: Ten Thousand
Mari locatedIn Mesopotamia
Semitic peoples historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Taq Kasra region Mesopotamia
Alashiya tradeNetwork Mesopotamia
Seleucia-on-the-Tigris locatedIn Mesopotamia
Carus deathPlace Mesopotamia
Siege of Babylon (331 BC) location Mesopotamia
John I Tzimiskes placeOfActivity Mesopotamia
Abba Arikha birthPlace Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Yeshivat Sura locatedIn Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Hiddekel in some historical and religious texts flowsThrough Mesopotamia
subject surface form: Hiddekel
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Parthian cavalry operatedIn Mesopotamia
Ardashir I ruledOver Mesopotamia
Amorite language region Mesopotamia
Sumu-abum region Mesopotamia
Sumu-la-El geographicContext Mesopotamia
Dagan worshipPlace Mesopotamia
šar kiššatim region Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian kings locatedIn Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian kings territoryIncludes Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Hormuzd studies Mesopotamia
subject surface form: Hormuzd Rassam
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Arnold Wilson placeOfWork Mesopotamia
Arnold Wilson regionOfActivity Mesopotamia
Zimri-Lim locatedIn Mesopotamia
Orodes II of Parthia territory Mesopotamia
Yazdegerd III regionRuled Mesopotamia
Battle of Ctesiphon (363) location Mesopotamia
The Book of Beliefs and Opinions placeOfComposition Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
First Treatise on the Creation of the World regionOfOrigin Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Third Treatise on the Commandments associatedPlace Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia