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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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ancient region of Asia, the territory about/around the Tigris...

Mesopotamia:

[Gr.,=between rivers], ancient region of Asia, the territory about/around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, included in modern Iraq...

[Columbia Encyclopedia]

Don't between and about/around have different meanings?
  

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Yes, but that's just showing you the word orignins. The area now includes not only the land between the rivers, but also that area around the rivers.

— BarbaraPA

  • Yes, but that's just showing you the word orignins.
  • The area now includes not only the land between the rivers, but also that area around the rivers.
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Yes, but that's just showing you the word orignins. The area now includes not only the land between the rivers, but also that area around the rivers.
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