Mesopotamia (, "[land] between rivers"; "bilad ar-rafidayn"; ; "miyan rudan"; "Beth Nahrain" "land of rivers") was a historic region situated within the TigrisEuphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq plus Kuwait, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish-Syrian and IranIraq borders.

The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (c. 3100 BC) to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC, when it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire. It fell to Alexander the Great in 332 BC, and after his death, it became part of the Greek Seleucid Empire.

Around 150 BC, Mesopotamia was under the control of the Parthian Empire. Mesopotamia became a battleground between the Romans and Parthians, with western parts of Mesopotamia coming under ephemeral Roman control. In AD 226, eastern part of it fell to the Sassanid Persians. Division of Mesopotamia between Roman (Byzantine from AD 395) and Sassanid Empires lasted until the 7th century Muslim conquest of Persia of the Sasanian Empire and Muslim conquest of the Levant from Byzantines. A number of primarily neo-Assyrian and Christian native Mesopotamian states existed between the 1st century BC and 3rd century AD, including Adiabene, Osroene, and Hatra.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. yes
2. The Sumerians
3. the beginning of written history
4. the Achaemenid Empire
5. no
6. 539 BC
7. Alexander the Great
8. 332 BC
9. yes
10. it became part of the Greek Seleucid Empire.
11. yes
12. western parts
13. the Parthians
14. it fell to the Sassanid Persians
15. unknown
16. Muslim
17. Levant from Byzantines
1. Were there Assyrians in Mesopotamia in 2000 BC?
2. Name one other group that was present around that time.
3. What is 3100 BC often known as?
4. Who took over Babylon?
5. Was that in 500 AD?
6. When then?
7. Who took the area after that?
8. When?
9. Did he control it until he died?
10. And what happened then?
11. Did the Romans ever take over?
12. Which part?
13. Who did they fight with for control?
14. What later happened to the eastern portion?
15. Who divided the area in 600 AD?
16. Who took over Persia in the seventh century?
17. What else did they conquer at that time?