Mesopotamia was the very first known civilazation approximately 6000 years ago. Mesopotamia had all the 8 characteristics of civilization. The modern Iraq and the northern part of Syria is where Mesopotamia was located in the past. Mesoptamia is a Greek word and it means 'land between two rivers'. The two rivers are Tigris and Euphrates. Euphrates is in the west, Tigris is in the east. Mesopotamia is also called the fertile cresent. The fertile crescent is shaped like a crescent and it connects a part of the eastern Mediterranean sea and the Persian Gulf. Even though is it located in a part of the world where the land is too dry to farm, Mesopotamia is a rich-farming area. The two most important city-states from Mesopotamia is Sumer and Babylon.