Geographicals

Mesopotamia

Ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and partly NE Syria, SE Turkey and smaller parts of SW Iran. It is considered to be the cradle of civilization in the West. Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires (from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesopotamia )

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Ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and partly NE Syria, SE Turkey and smaller parts of SW Iran. It is considered to be the cradle of civilization in the West. Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires (from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesopotamia )

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2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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2014

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  • Middle East (1982-2013)

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  1. Z01w.586.035.587w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mesopotamia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064867. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064867
  2. Mesopotamia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia
  3. Mesopotamia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11767