The earliest civilizations arose in Mesopotamia.
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Mesopotamia
/mɛsəpəˈteɪmɪə/
Synonyms for "mesopotamia" (6 found)
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ancient civilizationancient near east
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cradle of civilization
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land between riversmesopotamian civilizationriver valley civilization
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Between 622 and 750, the Islamic Caliphate conquered the entire Arabian Peninsula, Mesopotamia, and North Africa, reaching the Indus river to the east, the Iberian Peninsula to the west, and the Black, Caspian, and Aral seas to the north.
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And he took all his substance, and flocks, and whatsoever he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and went forward to Isaac, his father, to the land of Canaan.
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And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town.
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