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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Karkheh River mouthRegion Mesopotamia
Mahmud Barzanji region Mesopotamia
Early Bronze Age associatedWith Mesopotamia
Leonard Woolley workLocation Mesopotamia
Der locatedIn Mesopotamia
Ki worshipRegion Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Antu worshipRegion Mesopotamia
Anunnaki worshipRegion Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Lord Wind regionOfVeneration Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Sud worshippedIn Mesopotamia
Adad worshipRegion Mesopotamia
Adad worshipRegion Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Shamhat regionOfOrigin Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Cedar Forest culturalContext Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Ancient Mesopotamia
Assyriology fieldOfStudy Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Iraqi people historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Warka locatedInRegion Mesopotamia
Ziggurat of Ur locatedIn Mesopotamia
Uras worshipRegion Mesopotamia
Atrahasis region Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Kurtam on the Euphrates locatedIn Mesopotamia
Batnan in Serugh historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Serugh region locatedIn Mesopotamia
Eternals setting Mesopotamia
subject surface form: Eternals (film)
Middle Babylonian usedIn Mesopotamia
Fall of Nineveh tookPlaceIn Mesopotamia
Babylonian forces historicalRegion Mesopotamia
Austen Henry Layard workLocation Mesopotamia
worship of Ishtar practicedIn Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
Dagon worshippedIn Mesopotamia
Library of Ashurbanipal culturalContext Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Mesopotamian civilization
Damkina worshipRegion Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Diaspora Revolt location Mesopotamia
Akkadian Empire locatedIn Mesopotamia
Lamassu sculptures culture Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: Ancient Mesopotamia
Kirkuk partOf Mesopotamia
Nisibis locatedIn Mesopotamia
Great Mosque of Kufa locatedIn Mesopotamia
Hillah region Mesopotamia
Tur Abdin partOf Mesopotamia
Battle of Singara locatedIn Mesopotamia
Gerrha tradedWith Mesopotamia
Gerrha linkedRegions Mesopotamia
Amar-Sin region Mesopotamia
this entity surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
House of Abbas seatOfPower Mesopotamia