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"Mesopotamia" is a Greek word, based on the adjective "mesos", which means "located in the middle of" or "between...and...", and on the substantive "potamos", which means "river".

The word indicates that the land was located between the river Euphrates and the river Tigris.

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"Mesopotamia" in English is Μεσοποταμία in Greek ("between [the Tigris and Euphrates] rivers") from the Greek Meso- for "between" or "middle" and Potamia for "rivers."

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Mesopotamia comes from the Greek for "between rivers".

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' Between rivers ' or it could be also 'in the middle of a river'
between the rivers

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It means (the land) between the rivers and it is used only for the area around the rivers Tigris & Euphrates.

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13y ago

You probably mean Mesopotamia which is a Greek word meaning between rivers.

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What are three reasons why the Mesopotamian region was a good spot to develop a civilization

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Middle (mesos) and river (potami).

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"Between the rivers."

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It means ''land between two rivers''.

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