History of Mesopotamia thereby incorporating not only parts of Syria but also almost all of Iraq and southeastern Turkey. The neighbouring steppes to the west of the Euphrates and the western part of the Zagros Mountains are also often included under the wider term Mesopotamia. A further distinction is usually made between Upper or Northern Mesopotamia and Lower or Southern Mesopotamia. Upper Mesopotamia, also known as the Jezirah, is the area between the Euphrates and the Tigris from their sources down to Baghdad. Lower Mesopotamia is the area from Baghdad to the Persian Gulf. In modern scientific usage, the term Mesopotamia often also
Mesopotamia, Greece Mesopotamia, Greece Mesopotamia (Greek: Μεσοποταμία), Bulgarian and Macedonian Slavic: , is a village and a former municipality in Kastoria regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kastoria, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 99.173 km. Population 4,224 (2011). The municipality was formed at the 1997 Kapodistrias reform under the name "Aliakmonas", after the river Aliakmonas. It was renamed to "Mesopotamia" in 2006. The town of Mesopotamia was the seat of the municipality. Mesopotamia has three Byzantine style churches. The most recent and