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What does Mesopotamia actually mean?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although Mesopotamia has critical importance to early history as one of humanity’s first civilizations, National Geographic explained that its name is simply a reference to its position in the Tigris-Euphrates river system. Hence, “between rivers.”

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What does Mesopotamia actually mean?

• “Cradle of life”
• “Between rivers”
• “Middle Earth”
• “The world’s beginning”