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
Shore Country Day School these into a large mural which features 12 prominent individuals. The school was featured in "North Shore" magazine's list of the "Leading Private Schools" in the area in 2011/2012. The school features an "Inspiration Garden" which was dedicated in 2010 and designed by Julie Moir Messervey. Shore Country Day School has a beaver mascot, and the logo features the beaver under a tree. "Suum Quisque Optimum" From Each His/Her Best Shore Country Day School Shore Country Day School is an independent elementary and middle school, founded in 1936 following the tenets of the Country Day School movement. The private school