what modern countries are located where mesopotamia once thrived?
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The word “mesopotamia” is formed from the ancient words “meso,” meaning between or in the middle of, and “potamos,” meaning river. Situated in the fertile valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the region is now home to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey and Syria.
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Do The Maya Still Exist? Descendants of the Maya still live in Central America in modern-day Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and parts of Mexico. The majority of them live in Guatemala, which is home to Tikal National Park, the site of the ruins of the ancient city of Tikal.
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The Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, lasted from approximately 559 B.C.E. to 331 B.C.E. At its height, it encompassed the areas of modern-day Iran, Egypt, Turkey, and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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One of the earliest Neolithic sites in the Indian subcontinent is Bhirrana along the ancient Ghaggar-Hakra (Saraswati) riverine system in the present day state of Haryana in India, dating to around 7600 BC.
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['Bahrain.', 'Iran.', 'Iraq.', 'Kuwait.', 'Oman.', 'Qatar.', 'Saudi Arabia.', 'United Arab Emirates.']
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Northern Mesopotamia is made up of hills and plains. The land is quite fertile due to seasonal rains, and the rivers and streams flowing from the mountains. ... Southern Mesopotamia is made up of marshy areas and wide, flat, barren plains. Cities developed along the rivers which flow through the region.
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['Africa – particularly sub-Saharan Africa (all the African countries south of the Sahara desert) and west Africa.', 'south Asia – including India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh.', 'Russia.', 'China.', 'South America.']
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Mesopotamia was located in the fertile cresent, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Egypt was located in northern Africa along the Nile River. ... Both ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia were polytheistic, meaning they worshiped more than one God. A major difference in outlook, however, marked the two religions.
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['Palau.', 'Djibouti. ... ', 'Kiribati. ... ', 'Tuvalu. ... ', 'Comoros. ... ', 'Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. ... ', 'Kyrgyzstan. Situated at the nexus of several great civilizations, Kyrgyzstan is a country with a rich cultural history spanning over 2,000 years. ... ', 'Nauru. A former colony of the German Empire, Nauru is a small potato-shaped island in the South Pacific. ... ']
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['Nepal.', 'Afghanistan. ... ', 'China. ... ', 'Thailand. ... ', 'Korea. ... ', 'Japan. ... ', 'Iran. Both British and Russian forces were interested in controlling present-day Iran (then the Persian Empire). ... ', 'Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has been primarily ruled by tribal leaders from throughout the region. ... ']
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Led by Genghis Khan and his sons and grandsons, the Mongols briefly ruled most of modern-day Russia, China, Korea, southeast Asia, Persia, India, the Middle East and eastern Europe. They reshaped world geography, culture and history in ways that still resound today.
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['Jerusalem. Along the boundaries of West Bank in modern-day Israel lies Jerusalem, one of the oldest cities in the world. ... ', 'Bethlehem. ... ', 'Sephoria. ... ', 'Sea of Galilee. ... ', 'Nazareth.']
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['The City State. After about 3000 BC, several large cities were built in Mesopotamia. ... ', 'Calendar. The Mesopotamian solar calendar had two seasons, summer and winter. ... ', 'Irrigation. ... ', 'Religion. ... ', 'Division of Labor and Social Class. ... ', 'Art. ... ', 'Architecture.']
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As for modern countries that exist where the Empire once stood, that would be Greece, Turkey, most of the Baltic states, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and Egypt. They briefly had some holds in what is now Tunisia as well as Italy and Spain.
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Situated in the fertile valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the region is now home to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey and Syria. Map of Mesopotamia.
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['Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (as of September 19, 2001)', 'Philippines (from January 9, 2002 through September 30, 2015)', 'Djibouti (as of July 1, 2002)', 'Yemen (as of April 10, 2002)', 'Somalia and Syria (as of January 1, 2004)']
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The Hittites were an ancient people that lived in the Anatolia region in Asia Minor, which is modern day Turkey. The Bible says the Hittites were descendants of Ham, one of Noah's sons. The Hittites rose to great power and prosperity during the 14th to the 11th centuries and became the powerful Hatti Empire.