mesopotamia

Noun
  1. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates;
    Site of several ancient civilizations;
    Part of what is now known as Iraq (synset 108936089)
    domain member region:
    • akkadian - an ancient branch of the Semitic languages
    • assyrian, assyrian akkadian - an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia
    • babylon - the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
    • apsu - father of the gods and consort of Tiamat
    • aruru - mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag
    • dagan - god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon
    • ea - the Babylonian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki; as one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel he was assigned control of the watery element
    • eresh-kigal, ereshkigal, ereshkigel - goddess of death and consort of Nergal
    • namtar, namtaru - a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
    • nergal - (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead
    • ningal - (Akkadian) a goddess; wife of the Moon god Sin
    • sin - (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
    • tiamat - (Akkadian) mother of the gods and consort of Apsu
    is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    has:
    • babylon - the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
    • babylonia, chaldaea, chaldea - an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
    • chaldaea, chaldea - an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II
    • assyria - an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
    is a part of: al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq

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