Mesopotamia Background:
Mesopotamia the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, both of which have their headwaters in the mountains of Arminia in modern-day Turkey.
Around 150 BC, Mesopotamia was under the control of the Parthians. Mesopotamia became a battleground between the Romans and Parthians, with parts of Mesopotamia coming under ephemeral Roman control.
The Tigris and Euphrates, with their tributaries, form a major river system in Western asia. From sources in the Taurus mountains of eastern Turkey they flow by/through Syria through Iraq into the Persian gulf. The system is part of the Paleatric Tigris–Euphrates ecoregion, which includes Iraq and parts of Turkey, Syria, Iran,Saudi arabia, Kywait and Jordon.
From their sources and upper courses in the mountains of eastern Anatolia, the rivers descend through valleys and gorges to the uplands of Syria and northern Iraq and then to the alluvian plain of central Iraq. The rivers flow in a south-easterly direction through the central plain and combine atAl-Quan to form the Shatt al-Arab and discharge into the Persian Gulf.
Around 150 BC, Mesopotamia was under the control of the Parthians. Mesopotamia became a battleground between the Romans and Parthians, with parts of Mesopotamia coming under ephemeral Roman control.
The Tigris and Euphrates, with their tributaries, form a major river system in Western asia. From sources in the Taurus mountains of eastern Turkey they flow by/through Syria through Iraq into the Persian gulf. The system is part of the Paleatric Tigris–Euphrates ecoregion, which includes Iraq and parts of Turkey, Syria, Iran,Saudi arabia, Kywait and Jordon.
From their sources and upper courses in the mountains of eastern Anatolia, the rivers descend through valleys and gorges to the uplands of Syria and northern Iraq and then to the alluvian plain of central Iraq. The rivers flow in a south-easterly direction through the central plain and combine atAl-Quan to form the Shatt al-Arab and discharge into the Persian Gulf.