Upper Mesopotamia Upper Mesopotamia Upper Mesopotamia is the name used for the uplands and great outwash plain of northwestern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, in the northern Middle East. After the Arab Islamic conquest of the mid-7th century AD the region has been known by the traditional Arabic name of al-Jazira ( "the island"), also transliterated "Djazirah", "Djezirah", "Jazirah" & the Syriac (Aramaic) variant "Gāzartā" or "Gozarto" (). The Euphrates and Tigris rivers transform Mesopotamia into almost an island, as they are joined together at the Shatt al-Arab in the Basra Governorate of Iraq, and their sources in eastern Turkey are
St. Johns Country Day School St. Johns Country Day School St. Johns Country Day School is an independent, coeducational private college preparatory school founded in 1953 in Orange Park, Florida, USA. It offers a PK–12 education, including a preschool, an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school, and maintains an enrollment of about 650 students each year. St. Johns Country Day School is accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools, Florida Kindergarten Council, and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It is known for its 100% college acceptance rate. St. Johns Country Day School was founded by Dr. Edwin Paul Heinrich and