The historical region includes the head of the Persian Gulf and parts of present-day Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Mesopotamia occupies most of present-day Iraq and Kuwait. Mesopotamia ( Ancient Greek: Μεσοποταμία Mesopotamíā Arabic: بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن Bilād ar-Rāfidayn Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, Ārām-Nahrīn or ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, Bēṯ Nahrīn) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
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