Mesopotamia, with its dense network of ancient cities in the fertile plains along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near the Persian Gulf, is often regarded as the birthplace of urban civilization.

Mesopotamia—“the land between two rivers”—gave birth to many of ... II (reigned 605-561 B.C.). Koldewey’s finds revealed an ancient locus of culture and political power.

Oxford historian, Dr Moudhy Al Rashid, on her book Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History ...