Mesopotamia 美索不达米亚
（重定向自Mesopotamic）
![Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia](/Images/godic/202501/27/N-Mesopotamia_and_Syria_english.svg3812.png")
![Map showing the Tigris–Euphrates river system, which defines Mesopotamia](/Images/godic/202501/27/Tigr-euph3812.png")
![Known world of the Mesopotamian, Babylonian, and Assyrian cultures from documentary sources](/Images/godic/202501/27/Spread_of_Oecumene_Mesopotamia3812.jpg")
![One of 18 Statues of Gudea, a ruler around 2090 BC](/Images/godic/202501/27/Statue_Gudea_Met_59.23812.jpg")
Mesopotamia (/ˌmɛsəpəˈteɪmiə/, Ancient Greek: Μεσοποταμία "[land] between rivers"; from Ancient Armenian Միջագետք (Mijagetq); Arabic:بلاد الرافدين bilād ar-rāfidayn; Persian:میانرودان miyān rodān; Syriac:ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ Beth Nahrain "land of rivers") is a name for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Syria and Kuwait, including regions along the Turkish-Syrian and Iran–Iraq borders.