Mesopotamia
     n : the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several
         ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

	

	Mesopotamia
   the country between the two rivers (Heb. Aram-naharaim; i.e.,
   "Syria of the two rivers"), the name given by the Greeks and
   Romans to the region between the Euphrates and the Tigris (Gen.
   24:10; Deut. 23:4; Judg. 3:8, 10). In the Old Testament it is
   mentioned also under the name "Padan-aram;" i.e., the plain of
   Aram, or Syria (Gen. 25:20). The northern portion of this
   fertile plateau was the original home of the ancestors of the
   Hebrews (Gen. 11; Acts 7:2). From this region Isaac obtained his
   wife Rebecca (Gen. 24:10, 15), and here also Jacob sojourned
   (28:2-7) and obtained his wives, and here most of his sons were
   born (35:26; 46:15). The petty, independent tribes of this
   region, each under its own prince, were warlike, and used
   chariots in battle. They maintained their independence till
   after the time of David, when they fell under the dominion of
   Assyria, and were absorbed into the empire (2 Kings 19:13).

	

	Mesopotamia, between two rivers