Overland routes in Mesopotamia usually follow the Euphrates because the banks of the Tigris are frequently steep and difficult.

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Wikipedia contributors. (2023, October 31). Mesopotamia. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 3, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mesopotamia&oldid=1182868875

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Mesopotamia (Wikipedia) Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia occupies modern Iraq. In the broader sense, the historical region included present-day Iraq and parts of present-day Iran, Kuwait, Syria and Turkey.

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