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Why is Mesopotamia an appropriate name for the place where the civilization of the Fertile Crescent first began?

Why is Mesopotamia an appropriate name for the place where the civilization of the Fertile Crescent first began?
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Why is Mesopotamia an appropriate name for the place where the civilization of the Fertile Crescent first began?

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Mesopotamia is an appropriate name because Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers". Mesopotamia is located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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The name Mesopotamia comes from the Greek for 'middle' and 'river,' and meant'' between the two rivers ''
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