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mesopotamia
/mɛsəpəˈteɪmɪə/
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4ADJ.
ancient, present
VERB + MESOPOTAMIA
arose, gotten, returned
MESOPOTAMIA + NOUN
day, iraq, syria
PREP.
from, in
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A geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.
It was purchased by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1882, and continued to work between Brading and Bembridge until 1917, when it was taken over by the War Department, and sent overseas for war service in Mesopotamia, whence it never returned. It survived until at least 1921, when it was observed on the quayside at Basra.
2
A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD.
3
The Mandate for Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932, entrusted to the United Kingdom, that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq.
4
A geographic region in northeast Argentina, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers.
5
The Eaton Square district of London, England.
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It was purchased by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1882, and continued to work between Brading and Bembridge until 1917, when it was taken over by the War Department, and sent overseas for war service i
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The earliest civilizations arose in Mesopotamia.
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And he took all his substance, and flocks, and whatsoever he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and went forward to Isaac, his father, to the land of Canaan.
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And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town.
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Other experts say glass making first started four to five thousand years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, present day Iraq and Syria.
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