Eventful early life. Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. After her parents' marriage ended, she and her brother, Bailey (who gave her the name Maya), were sent to rural Stamps, Arkansas, to live with their grandmother, who owned a general store.
The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, mean country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible.
Iran in the Bible (Elam; Medes; Persia) The country of Iran is referred to throughout the pages of Scripture, not as Iran, but as Elam, Media, and Persia. The first mention in Scripture of this country is by way of Elam the son of Shem. Elam was Noahâs grandson.