兩河流域

Chinese

both; two; some
both; two; some; a few; tael
 
river river basin; watershed
trad. (兩河流域) 流域
simp. (两河流域) 流域

Pronunciation


Proper noun

兩河流域

  1. (historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)
  2. (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)

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