Why is iraq known as "Mesopotamian: Land between two rivers"?

Question

Why is iraq known as "Mesopotamian: Land between two rivers"?

Answer 1

Beacause Modern-day Iraq was know as part of Ancient Mesopotamia. There were two rivers surrounding it, the Tigris River, and the Euphrates River.

Answer 2

Iraq is the part of the current day area which was home to Ancient Mesopotamia. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow around Iraq, thus making it the "land between two rivers".

Answer 3

because that's where life began and it's between the euphrates and tigris rivers

Answer 4

Mesopotamia, the "Cradle of Civilisation," featured the Euphrates & Tigris Rivers. Ur was the first organized city & Sumer was the 1st civilization. Other past civilizations include the Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, & Persians. This I learned from 7th grade world history in my 1st few months of the school year. & I think the Persian Gulf War was taking place @ the thyme. My teacher, Mr. Giblin, had the class learn all the countries in the Middle East.

Answer 5

Mesopotamia

Region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Middle East, constituting the greater part of modern Iraq. The region's location and fertility gave rise to settlements some 10,000 years ago, and it became the cradle of some of the world's earliest civilizations and the birthplace of writing. It was first settled by the Sumerians, who were succeeded by the Akkadians and later by the Babylonians. Successive peoples came to dominate the region until the rise of the Persian Achaemenian dynasty in the 6th century BC. The Achaemenids were overthrown by Alexander the Great in the early 4th century BC, and Mesopotamia was ruled by the Seleucid dynasty from c. 312 BC until the mid-2nd century BC, when it became part of the Parthian empire. In the 7th century AD the region was conquered by Muslim Arabs. The region's importance declined after the Mongol invasion in 1258. Rule by the Ottoman Empire over most of the region began in the 16th century. The area became a British mandate in 1920; the following year Iraq was established there.

Answer 6

Place of the Mesopotamian civilisation.between rivers tigris and euphrates

Answer 7

i concur with noles.

Answer 8

Since useful part of country lies between Euphrate and Tigris

Answer 9

Have you ever heard of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?  In ancient times Iraq was between them.  In present day, the rivers run a different course.

Answer 10

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers begin in eastern Turkey, flow in a southeast direction, converge in southeast Iraq, and empty in the Persian Gulf. In ancient times, the land between the twin rivers was called Mesopotamia which was the site of the world's first civilization.

MESOPOTAMIA

Mesopotamia means "the land between the rivers" or "the land between the two rivers." This was the site of the world's first civilization, Sumer.

CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION

Mesopotamia is often referred to as the "cradle of civilization" because the world's first civilization occurred there.

SUMER

Sumer was the world's first civilization. It was located in the southern area of Mesopotamia where the twin rivers converged. The people who lived in this area were called Sumerians.