Mesopotamia literally means “Land Between Two Rivers” in Greekbecause it was between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. There arealso two nicknames historians give Mesopotamia, the “FertileCrescent” (because the Mesopotamian civilization was shaped like acrescent and the land was fertile) and the “Cradle of Civilization”(because civilization was “born” in Mesopotamia).

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