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Feb 24, 2004 16:38
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German term
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Zweistromland
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On the subject of rebuilding Iraq: " xxx schätzen den Investitionsbedarf im Zweistromland für die kommenden Jahre auf 60 Milliarden US-Dollar".
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Mesopotamia
is the historical/biblical name of Iraq, but I would not use it in the English text. It is one of these stylistic things. In German and French, it is good style to use several terms to describe one object. In English, it is not. (At least, this is mostly true)
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Kim Metzger
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the land between the rivers
Mesopotamien (griechisch: zwischen den Flüssen), auch Zweistromland genannt, bezeichnet geographisch das Gebiet um die Flüsse Euphrat und Tigris in der heutigen Türkei (Anatolien), in Syrien und vor allem im Irak.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweistromland Mesopotamia
(Greek, "between the rivers") is the alluvial plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (in contemporary Iraq). Writings from Mesopotamia are the earliest written work in the world, giving Mesopotamia the reputation of being the cradle of civilization.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweistromland Mesopotamia
(Greek, "between the rivers") is the alluvial plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (in contemporary Iraq). Writings from Mesopotamia are the earliest written work in the world, giving Mesopotamia the reputation of being the cradle of civilization.
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Mario Marcolin
: Two-River Land [In Aramaic Beth Nahrain] though I guess Mesopotamia is more known in English --,
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moser.ilja
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Stefanie Sendelbach
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land 'between the rivers'
also Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates are the names of the rivers.
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Note added at 7 mins (2004-02-24 16:45:59 GMT)
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Mesopotamia, the land between the Euphrates and the Tigris...
gurukul.ucc.american.edu/ted/ice/tigris.htm
This page will also be interesting for you:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/war-ira...
->Iraq is divided into four land regions: the lower Tigris-Euphrates Valley (the site of ancient Babylonia); the upper Tigris-Euphrates Valley (ancient Assyria); the mountains and hills of the northeast (inhabited by the Kurds); and the desert upland of the southwest and west.
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-02-24 16:47:38 GMT)
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And one more about the two rivers:
http://web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ecology/euphrates.htm
-> The land between the Euphrates and the Tigris is known as Mesopotamia, which means \"between the rivers\" in Greek
Tigris and Euphrates are the names of the rivers.
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Note added at 7 mins (2004-02-24 16:45:59 GMT)
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Mesopotamia, the land between the Euphrates and the Tigris...
gurukul.ucc.american.edu/ted/ice/tigris.htm
This page will also be interesting for you:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/war-ira...
->Iraq is divided into four land regions: the lower Tigris-Euphrates Valley (the site of ancient Babylonia); the upper Tigris-Euphrates Valley (ancient Assyria); the mountains and hills of the northeast (inhabited by the Kurds); and the desert upland of the southwest and west.
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-02-24 16:47:38 GMT)
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And one more about the two rivers:
http://web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ecology/euphrates.htm
-> The land between the Euphrates and the Tigris is known as Mesopotamia, which means \"between the rivers\" in Greek
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Cilian O'Tuama
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Land of the two rivers
did a pot-luck search on google for 'land of the two rivers' and 'iraq' and got 249 hits. FWIW
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Mario Marcolin
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Two-River Land
as close to Zweistromland as it gets
http://forum.leo.org/archiv/2003_08/31/20030831174717e_en.ht...
http://forum.leo.org/archiv/2003_08/31/20030831174717e_en.ht...
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land between the 2 rivers
This is how we learned it in school. And, of course, Mesopotamia.
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Iraq, the \"Land between the two Rivers\", has been the cradle of major civilizations
starting from the fifth millennium BCE, which marked the watershed between ...
whc.unesco.org/nwhc/pages/news/iraq.htm
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Note added at 2004-02-24 21:54:40 (GMT)
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Iraq travel guide
... Iraq, the land between the two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates,
www.iraqipapers.com/iraq_travel_guide.htm
and nearly 600 other references
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Note added at 2004-02-24 18:10:12 (GMT)
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Iraq, the \"Land between the two Rivers\", has been the cradle of major civilizations
starting from the fifth millennium BCE, which marked the watershed between ...
whc.unesco.org/nwhc/pages/news/iraq.htm
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Note added at 2004-02-24 21:54:40 (GMT)
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Iraq travel guide
... Iraq, the land between the two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates,
www.iraqipapers.com/iraq_travel_guide.htm
and nearly 600 other references
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