Preferred Label : mesopotamia;
MeSH definition : 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
);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia;
Origin ID : D064867;
UMLS CUI : C3658323;
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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
)
