Most of the Ming Dynasty cultural sites are in Beijing and Nanjing. These two cities served as the capitals of the dynasty. Beijing was the capital for the final 262 years.
Geography of Ancient Mesopotamia âMesopotamiaâ is a Greek word meaning, âLand between the Riversâ. The region is a vast, dry plain through which two great rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris, flow.
Iraq, country of southwestern Asia. 1  During ancient times the lands now comprising Iraq were known as Mesopotamia (âLand Between the Riversâ), a region whose extensive alluvial plains gave rise to some of the worldâs earliest civilizations, including those of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria.