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What (who) is Mesopotamia - definition
Mesopotamia, Oxford
NARROW ISLAND THAT FORMS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY PARKS, OXFORD
Mesopotamia Walk
Mesopotamia is a narrow ait (about 800 yards by 30 yards) that forms part of the University Parks in Oxford, England. It lies between the upper and lower levels of the River Cherwell which are partly interspersed with the Thames.
Mesopotamia (theme)
![Seal of John Kastamonites, ''[[vestes]]'' and ''[[katepano]]'' of Mesopotamia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seal of John Kastamonites, katepano of Mesopotamia.jpg?width=200 "Seal of John Kastamonites, ''[[vestes]]'' and ''[[katepano]]'' of Mesopotamia")
BYZANTINE DISTRICT (THEME)
Theme of Mesopotamia; Byzantine Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia () was the name of a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) located in what is today eastern Turkey. It should not be confused with the region of Mesopotamia or with the older Roman and early Byzantine province of Mesopotamia.
Mesopotamian
![Hatti]] upstream.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia c. 1450 BC.png?width=200 "Hatti]] upstream.")
![7th-century BC relief depicting [[Ashurbanipal]] ({{reign}}669–631 BC) and three royal attendants in a [[chariot]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashurbanipal in a chariot, wall relief, 7th century BC, from Nineveh, the British Museum.jpg?width=200 "7th-century BC relief depicting [[Ashurbanipal]] ({{reign}}669–631 BC) and three royal attendants in a [[chariot]].")
![''The Babylonian marriage market'' by the 19th-century painter [[Edwin Long]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Babylonian marriage market.jpg?width=200 "''The Babylonian marriage market'' by the 19th-century painter [[Edwin Long]]")
![Campaign in the [[Mesopotamian Marshes]] of southern [[Babylonia]] during the reign of [[Ashurbanipal]]. Showing Assyrian soldiers on boat chasing enemies trying to run away; some are hiding in the reeds](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Campaign in southern Iraq of Ashurbanipal - fighting in the marshes.jpg?width=200 "Campaign in the [[Mesopotamian Marshes]] of southern [[Babylonia]] during the reign of [[Ashurbanipal]]. Showing Assyrian soldiers on boat chasing enemies trying to run away; some are hiding in the reeds")
![[[Clay tablet]], mathematical, geometric-algebraic, similar to the Euclidean geometry. From [[Shaduppum]] Iraq. 2003-1595 BC. [[Iraq Museum]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clay tablet, mathematical, geometric-algebraic, similar to the Euclidean geometry. From Tell Harmal, Iraq. 2003-1595 BCE. Iraq Museum.jpg?width=200 "[[Clay tablet]], mathematical, geometric-algebraic, similar to the Euclidean geometry. From [[Shaduppum]] Iraq. 2003-1595 BC. [[Iraq Museum]].")
![The Standard of Ur; 2600 BC (the Early Dynastic Period III); shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli on wood; height: 21.7 cm, length: 50.4 cm; discovered at the [[Royal Cemetery at Ur]] (Dhi Qar Governorate, [[Iraq]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denis Bourez - British Museum, London (8747049029) (2).jpg?width=200 "The Standard of Ur; 2600 BC (the Early Dynastic Period III); shell, red limestone and lapis lazuli on wood; height: 21.7 cm, length: 50.4 cm; discovered at the [[Royal Cemetery at Ur]] (Dhi Qar Governorate, [[Iraq]])")
![After early starts in [[Jarmo]] (red dot, circa 7500 BC), the civilization of Mesopotamia in the 7th–5th millennium BC was centered around the [[Hassuna culture]] in the north, the [[Halaf culture]] in the northwest, the [[Samarra culture]] in central Mesopotamia and the [[Ubaid culture]] in the southeast, which later expanded to encompass the whole region.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jarmo to Ubaid 7000-4500.jpg?width=200 "After early starts in [[Jarmo]] (red dot, circa 7500 BC), the civilization of Mesopotamia in the 7th–5th millennium BC was centered around the [[Hassuna culture]] in the north, the [[Halaf culture]] in the northwest, the [[Samarra culture]] in central Mesopotamia and the [[Ubaid culture]] in the southeast, which later expanded to encompass the whole region.")
![The [[Burney Relief]], [[First Babylonian dynasty]], around 1800 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lilith Periodo de Isin Larsa y Babilonia.JPG?width=200 "The [[Burney Relief]], [[First Babylonian dynasty]], around 1800 BC")
![Medical recipe concerning poisoning. Terracotta tablet, from [[Nippur]], [[Iraq]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Medical recipe concerning poisoning. Terracotta tablet, from Nippur, Iraq, 18th century BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.jpg?width=200 "Medical recipe concerning poisoning. Terracotta tablet, from [[Nippur]], [[Iraq]].")
![Mining areas of the ancient [[West Asia]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Metal production in Ancient Middle East.svg?width=200 "Mining areas of the ancient [[West Asia]].")
![Akkadian]], purportedly by [[Hammurabi]], sixth king of the [[First Dynasty of Babylon]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P1050763 Louvre code Hammurabi face rwk.JPG?width=200 "Akkadian]], purportedly by [[Hammurabi]], sixth king of the [[First Dynasty of Babylon]].")
![One of 18 [[Statues of Gudea]], a ruler around 2090 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue Gudea Met 59.2.jpg?width=200 "One of 18 [[Statues of Gudea]], a ruler around 2090 BC")
![epic poem]] from ancient Mesopotamia, regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tablet XI or the Flood Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, currently housed in the British Museum in London.jpg?width=200 "epic poem]] from ancient Mesopotamia, regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature.")
![lyre]] from the [[Royal Cemetery at Ur]]. C. 2500 BCE. [[Iraq Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Queen's gold lyre from the Royal Cemetery at Ur. C. 2500 BCE. Iraq Museum.jpg?width=200 "lyre]] from the [[Royal Cemetery at Ur]]. C. 2500 BCE. [[Iraq Museum]]")
![Marsh people]] of southern Mesopotamia for at least 5,000 years. A carved elevation of a typical mudhif, dating to around 3,300 BCE was discovered at [[Uruk]].<ref>Broadbent, G., "The Ecology of the Mudhif," in: Geoffrey Broadbent and C. A. Brebbia, ''Eco-architecture II: Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature,'' WIT Press, 2008, pp 15-26</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/اهوار العراق ليلا.jpg?width=200 "Marsh people]] of southern Mesopotamia for at least 5,000 years. A carved elevation of a typical mudhif, dating to around 3,300 BCE was discovered at [[Uruk]].<ref>Broadbent, G., \"The Ecology of the Mudhif,\" in: Geoffrey Broadbent and C. A. Brebbia, ''Eco-architecture II: Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature,'' WIT Press, 2008, pp 15-26</ref>")
![Striding lions from the Processional Street of [[Babylon]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Striding lions - Processional Way of Babylon - Pergamonmuseum - Berlin - Germany 2017.jpg?width=200 "Striding lions from the Processional Street of [[Babylon]].")
 (14741970056).jpg?width=200 "Assyrian ornaments and patterns, illustrated in a book from 1920")
![Detail of Nebuchadnezzar II's Building Inscription plaque of the Ishtar Gate, from [[Babylon]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Detail, Nebuchadnezzar II's Building Inscription plaque of the Ishtar Gate, from Babylon, Iraq. 6th century BCE. Pergamon Museum.jpg?width=200 "Detail of Nebuchadnezzar II's Building Inscription plaque of the Ishtar Gate, from [[Babylon]]")
![Artist's impression of a hall in an Assyrian palace from ''The Monuments of Nineveh'' by [[Austen Henry Layard]], 1853](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Artist’s impression of a hall in an Assyrian palace from The Monuments of Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1853.jpg?width=200 "Artist's impression of a hall in an Assyrian palace from ''The Monuments of Nineveh'' by [[Austen Henry Layard]], 1853")
![A [[Neo-Assyrian]] relief of Ashur as a [[feather robed archer]] holding a bow instead of a ring (9th-8th century BC)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashur god.jpg?width=200 "A [[Neo-Assyrian]] relief of Ashur as a [[feather robed archer]] holding a bow instead of a ring (9th-8th century BC)")
![The [[Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III]]. The king, surrounded by his royal attendants and a high-ranking official, receives a tribute from Sua, king of Gilzanu (north-west Iran), who bows and prostrates before the king. From [[Nimrud]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Assyrian king Shalmaneser III receives tribute from Sua, king of Gilzanu, The Black Obelisk..JPG?width=200 "The [[Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III]]. The king, surrounded by his royal attendants and a high-ranking official, receives a tribute from Sua, king of Gilzanu (north-west Iran), who bows and prostrates before the king. From [[Nimrud]]")
![Contemporary artwork depicting [[Babylon]] at the height of its stature.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/History of babylon.jpg?width=200 "Contemporary artwork depicting [[Babylon]] at the height of its stature.")
!["[[Winged genie]]", [[Nimrud]] c. 870 BC, with inscription running across his midriff.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Genien, Nimrud 870 v. Chr. Aegyptisches Museum, Muenchen-4.jpg?width=200 "\"[[Winged genie]]\", [[Nimrud]] c. 870 BC, with inscription running across his midriff.")
![Ishtar gate]] was constructed in about 575 BCE by order of King [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]. [[Pergamon Museum]], Berlin](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ishtar Gate.gif?width=200 "Ishtar gate]] was constructed in about 575 BCE by order of King [[Nebuchadnezzar II]]. [[Pergamon Museum]], Berlin")
![The walls of Babylon, in [[Babylon]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Street in Babylon.jpg?width=200 "The walls of Babylon, in [[Babylon]]")
![Ziggurat]] of Ur](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zig front right side.JPG?width=200 "Ziggurat]] of Ur")
![Dur-kuriagalzu]] in 2010](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The ziggurat at Aqar Quf.jpg?width=200 "Dur-kuriagalzu]] in 2010")
![A suggested reconstruction of the appearance of a Sumerian [[ziggurat]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SumerianZiggurat.jpg?width=200 "A suggested reconstruction of the appearance of a Sumerian [[ziggurat]]")
![The alleged [[Abraham]] house in [[Ur]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20160105-Abraham house in Ur Iraq.jpg?width=200 "The alleged [[Abraham]] house in [[Ur]]")
AREA OF THE TIGRIS–EUPHRATES RIVER SYSTEM
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¦ noun a native or inhabitant of Mesopotamia, an ancient region in present-day Iraq.
¦ adjective relating to Mesopotamia.
Examples of use of Mesopotamia
1. Mesopotamia has been settled for at least 12,000 years.
2. Nor may you ask who exactly is "meddling" in Mesopotamia.
3. Turkey‘s Assyrian community, a Christian–ethnic minority group, traces its roots back to ancient Mesopotamia.
4. Honorary president of Mesopotamia TV In an interestingly related twist, Denmark‘s former prime minister Anker Jorgensen is the honorary president of PKK supported "Mesopotamia TV," which broadcasts freely from Denmark.
5. The word Mesopotamia means "between rivers," referring to its location between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.