Have you ever wanted to know how Mesopotamia got its name? So Mesopotamia is a Greek word meaning ‘Between the Rivers’. The rivers are the Tigris and the Euphrates which flow through modern Iraq. Mesopotamia had a large empire. An empire is a large territory where several groups of people are ruled by a single powerful leader or government. Ancient Mesopotamia was around since 2300 B.C.E and disappeared in 539 B.C.E. 21st century historians still study ancient Mesopotamia because there are still things we don’t know about the civilization. Our historians study the Mesopotamian artifacts to get more information.
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