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Mesopotamia

The 'land between the rivers' — the cradle of civilization and Abraham's homeland

Mesopotamia

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The region between the Tigris and Euphrates has thousands of dug-up sites. Ancient archives from Ur, Babylon, and Nineveh have produced millions of clay tablets.

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The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, covering much of modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeastern Turkey. It's where human civilization began — and where much of early biblical history is set. Abraham came from Ur in southern Mesopotamia. Babylon and Assyria rose to power here. In Acts 7:2, Stephen references God appearing to Abraham 'while he was still in Mesopotamia.'

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Mesopotamia is named here as the source of hired Syrian mercenary forces — the Ammonites are casting a wide net across the ancient Near East, reaching all the way to the Tigris-Euphrates region to assemble their coalition.

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