Grains are simply the hard, edible seeds of grass-like plants. There are many varieties and the most common are wheat, corn, oats and rice. They are one of the most-consumed foods worldwide and the primary source of nutrition and energy for many populations around the world.
For the village located within this town, see Babylon (village), New York. Babylon is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Located on Long Island, the town population was 214,191 as of the 2014 census. Parts of Jones Beach Island, Captree Island and Fire Island are in the southernmost part of the town.
Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two riversâ) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to todayâs Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey.abylon is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in modern-day Iraq 59 miles (94 kilometres) southwest of Baghdad. The name is thought to derive from bav-il or bav-ilim which, in the Akkadian language of the time, meant âGate of Godâ or `Gate of the Godsâ and `Babylonâ coming from Greek.