Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia (Greek, "between the rivers") is the alluvial plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (in contemporary Iraq), which was home to, or conquered by, numerous ancient civilizations, including Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Akkad, Egypt, Hittites, and Elam.
These civilizations arose from earlier settlements and cultures which were among the first to make use of agriculture.
- neolithic settlements e.g., Jarmo[?], Tell Abu Hureyra
- Hassuna period[?]
- Halaf period[?] (or Halafian)
- Samarra period[?] (or Samarran), e.g., Choga Mami[?]
- Ubaid period[?], e.g., Eridu
- Uruk period[?], named after the city Uruk.
- Sumerian Early Dynastic period[?]
Cities and sites with settlements in this region in these periods include:
See also Levant, History of Levant, Deities
External link
- The History of the Ancient Near East: http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Mesopotamia.htm
Mesopotamia is also a place in the State of Ohio in the United States of America: see Mesopotamia, Ohio[?].
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