Mesopotamia
(UK, slang, obsolete) The Eaton Square district of London, England.
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Of all Trump's idiotic conservative beliefs, for me this one takes the cake. It's the kind of thinking one might find in ancient Mesopotamia. Makes his obsessions with tariffs, kings and wars of conquests look downri…
found one G2b sample dating from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (c. 7,250 BCE) and a G2a1 from the Early Pottery Neolithic (c. 5,700 BCE), both from Iran. Pottery first appears in the Near East approximately 9,000 years ag…
Puzur-Ashur III (c. 1521-1498 BC), an Assyrian king ruling in northern Mesopotamia, was the son of Ashur-nirari I. He was succeeded by Enlil-nasir I (c. 1497-1485 BC), who was then succeeded by Nur-ili (c. 1484-147…
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(UK, slang, obsolete) The Eaton Square district of London, England.
Variously associated with qualities ranging from warding off evil to promoting fertility, the open hand of the hamsa is thought to have originated in Mesopotamia and is recognized the world over.
“Of all Trump's idiotic conservative beliefs, for me this one takes the cake. It's the kind of thinking one might find in ancient Mesopotamia. Makes his obsessions with tariffs, kings and wars of conquests look downright modern!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“found one G2b sample dating from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (c. 7,250 BCE) and a G2a1 from the Early Pottery Neolithic (c. 5,700 BCE), both from Iran. Pottery first appears in the Near East approximately 9,000 years ago in northern Mesopotamia. 12/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Puzur-Ashur III (c. 1521-1498 BC), an Assyrian king ruling in northern Mesopotamia, was the son of Ashur-nirari I. He was succeeded by Enlil-nasir I (c. 1497-1485 BC), who was then succeeded by Nur-ili (c. 1484-1473 BC). #ButIAmYourServant”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(historical) The Mandate for Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932, entrusted to the United Kingdom, that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq.
Variously associated with qualities ranging from warding off evil to promoting fertility, the open hand of the hamsa is thought to have originated in Mesopotamia and is recognized the world over.
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