Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers') was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, Kuwait, and Turkey and known as the Fertile Crescent and the cradle of ...

The Civilization of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity. This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing in the late 4th millennium BC, an increasing amount of historical sources.

2017年11月30日 · Mesopotamia is a region of southwest Asia in the Tigris and Euphrates river system that benefitted from the area’s climate and geography to host the beginnings of human civilization. Its history...

2025年1月23日 · History of Mesopotamia, the region in southwestern Asia where the world’s earliest civilization developed. Centered between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the region in ancient times was home to several civilizations, including …

2019年12月6日 · Traditionally, the Mesopotamian civilization starts with the Ubaid period of about 4500 BCE and lasts until the fall of Babylon and the beginning of the Persian Empire. Dates after ca 1500 BCE are generally agreed upon; important sites are …

2023年7月7日 · The historical timeline of Mesopotamia is usually divided into several periods, from the Ubaid period (6500–4100 BCE), characterized by the establishment of the first settlements, to the Sassanian rule (224–651 CE), the last Persian empire before the rise of Islam.

2018年3月14日 · Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers') was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, Kuwait, and Turkey and known as the Fertile Crescent and the cradle of civil...

2019年6月5日 · History remembers the ancient Mesopotamian era as the time of the Sumerians, Babylonians, the Assyrians, and the Persians. The first organized settlers and city-states of the Mesopotamian era date back to around 5,000 BCE (or even further). Mesopotamia literally translates into “an area between rivers” (Rivers Euphrates and Tigris).

2025年1月23日 · Between about 10,000 bce and the genesis of large permanent settlements, the following stages of development are distinguishable, some of which run parallel: (1) the change to sedentary life, or the transition from continual or seasonal change of abode, characteristic of hunter-gatherers and the earliest cattle breeders, to life in one place ...

The heritage of ancient Mesopotamia experienced a period of great revival in 6th century BCE, under the Babylonian empire of Nebuchadnezzar (612 to 539 BC). By some interpretations, it was under Nebuchadnezzar that ancient Mesopotamia reached its peak.