And we'll also see it in Mesopotamia along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. And what we're gonna focus on in this video in particular is Mesopotamia. Now the word Mesopotamia literally comes from mesos, between, and patmos, I'm probably not pronouncing it right, rivers. So it's the area between rivers is literally what Mesopotamia is referring to. And it's primarily modern-day Iraq. Now the reason why this is particularly interesting, and it's called the cradle of civilization, is not only is it one of, or perhaps the first place that agriculture developed, it was at the crossroads of many other early civilizations. Notice it's right in between the Indus Valley civilization here, and then the ancient Egyptians, and other civilizations that were emerging in the area.