Mesopotamia is the name given to an area located in the Middle East specifically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, despite the fact that it extends to the fertile areas adjacent to the strip between the two rivers, and coincides with the non-desert areas of what is the current territory of Iraq and the border area in the northeast of Syria. From prehistoric times until the fall of the last Mesopotamian empire, Mesopotamia preserved certain characteristic characters that allow us to appreciate it as a historical mechanism. Some of the most defined civilizations that occupied this territory during this time are believed to have been those of Sumer, Akkadians, Assyria, and Babylonia.
Throughout history, the first region to be known as Mesopotamia was located in Asia between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. In this valley, with a warm climate, where these rivers deposited their alluvium, it was that what was probably the first civilization with an urban style developed, since the Sumerian people settled there approximately in the year 3500 before the Christian era, managing to establish an organized society in villages, with adobe constructions applying irrigation techniques.
There are experts who maintain the hypothesis that in the early days of Mesopotamia lower than this it could have been submerged under water. It was an open area, which facilitated immigration, however, made them vulnerable to enemy attacks.
The Roman emperor Trajan in 116, was responsible for founding three provinces located between Assyria and Armenia, one of which was called Mesopotamia. Later in the time of the Emperor Hadrian this area was added to the area of Armenia when it was returned to the Parthians.
