Yes, Mesopotamia means "the land between the rivers" in ancient Greek [1]. It is a historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system [2], and it was bordered by two rivers - the Tigris in the east and the Euphrates in the west. Home to the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians, Mesopotamia is often referred to as the cradle of civilization.
Between Rivers or land in between rivers
Mesopotamia had big rivers and the land was between them. With water you could make a great empire.
Mesopotamia was the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq.Over population and drought in the mountains surrounding the Tigris & Euphrates river valley drove people to settle there where water from the rivers could sustain them.
The most important factor of making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile was water.
art, goverment and culture is what characterizes a civilization, they developed in the fertile cresent [the land between the two rivers].
In Greek, 'Mesopotamia' means '(land) between rivers'. 'Meso' means 'in between' and 'potami' means 'river'.
The term you are looking for is "mesopotamia," which means the land between two rivers.
The region in Iraq that means "land between two rivers" is called Mesopotamia. It is located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and is often referred to as the cradle of civilization due to its historical significance.
It means "land between the rivers"
mesopotamia
it means land between two rivers
Cradle of civilization
"Mesopotamia" literally means "land between the rivers," in this case between the Tigris and Euphrates river. Mesopotamia (and I suppose its rivers, too) is in current day Iraq.
Mesopotamia means "land between two rivers".
Mesopotamia means "land between the two RIVERS" not "land between the two SEAS". The two rivers that Mesopotamia sits between are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. However, the region of Mesopotamia sits between the Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Black, and the Caspian Sea (though does not occupy all of the land in that area).
"Mesopotamia", is the name and the rivers are the "Tigris" and the "Euphrates" which are to be found in modern day Iraq.
Mesopotamia (the land between the two rivers).