The Mesopotamian Civilization

The term Mesopotamia is made of two words- Meso + Potamian. Meso means "in the middle" and Potamian means "river".Thus, the word Mesopotamian means "land between two rivers", namely Euphrates and Tigris. Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) is situated in Western Asia. As a matter of fact, modern day Iraq in ancient time was known as Mesopotamia.The Mesopotamian civilization flourished between Euphrates and Tigris rivers. On the mouth of these rivers, the Sumeria culture; in the middle, the Babylonian culture and in the north, the Assyrian culture developed. These three cultures taken together are known as Mesopotamian culture.