where mesopotamia is located and why
Quick Answer. Bronze Age Mesopotamia was located in the southwest part of Asia in what is now Iraq, Kuwait, Iran and Syria. Mesopotamia means âbetween two rivers,â referring to its location between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Continue Reading.
That is why they are called river civilizations. In Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China they emerged along rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates, in Mesopotamia the River Nile, in Egypt; the Indus River in India; and the Yellow and Blue rivers, in China.