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Fun Fact! Mesopotamia was named due to its location
Mesopotamia is derived from the ancient Greek root words "meso," which means "middle," and "potamos," which means "river." As a result, it translates as "(land) in the middle of rivers." Mesopotamia is the region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. The region encompasses the majority of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, and portions of northern Saudi Arabia, western Iran, eastern Syria, and south-eastern Turkey. Mesopotamia is typically divided into two parts: Northern or Upper Mesopotamia, which includes the area between the two rivers from their sources down to Baghdad, and Southern or Lower Mesopotamia, which includes Kuwait and parts of wester