Mesopotamia
proper nounUK /ˌmesəˈpəʊtəmiə/
US /ˌmesəˈpoʊtəmiə/
Mesopotamia is an old name for a land between two rivers where some of the first cities were built.
Long ago, people in Mesopotamia learned to write on clay tablets.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, home to early civilizations.
Mesopotamia is often called the cradle of civilization.
3. A historical area that is part of modern-day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
Mesopotamia covered land that is now in several countries.
4. A place where writing and the wheel were first used.
Mesopotamia gave the world some of its earliest inventions.