Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a name for the area of the , in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq plus , the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish-Syrian and Iran–Iraq borders.
==History==
In the 6th century BCE, Pythagoras and his protege, Kyros of Zarax, traveled through the ancient cities of Babylonia, a state in Mesopotamia, in Pythagoras' quest for knowledge.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Divine Science: Chapter 2 - Kyros of Zarax
In the 5th century BCE, Mesopotamia was part of the Achaemenid Empire. Emperor Xerxes I, with the aid of the Order of the Ancients, suppressed revolts in the city of Babylon.Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia
In the 4th century BCE, Mesopotamia was conquerored by Alexander the Great, who used a Staff of Eden, to create one of the largest empires in history.Assassin's Creed II However, on 13 June, 323 BCE, the Babylonian Assassin Iltani infiltrated the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon, where Alexander was residing, poisoned him, and retrieved his Staff. Soon afterwards, Alexander's empire began to crumble.Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Database: Fall of the Great
In 826, Thābit ibn Qurra, an mathematician, physician, astronomer and physicist, was born in the Mesopotamian city of .Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Database: Forward Thinker
==References==
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