Lower Mesopotamia Lower Mesopotamia Lower Mesopotamia is a historical region of Iraq. Also known as the Sawad and al-'Irāq al-'Arabi ("Arabian Irāq") in the Middle Ages. Lower Mesopotamia was home to ancient Sumerian and Babylonian civilisations. An alluvial plain begins north of Baghdad and extends to the Persian Gulf. Here the Tigris and Euphrates rivers lie above the level of the plain in many places, and the whole area is a river delta interlaced by the channels of the two rivers and by irrigation canals. Intermittent lakes, fed by the rivers in flood, also characterize southeastern Iraq. A fairly large area ()
Modern Day Delilah performed in the middle of the concert, but was later played as the opening track. Modern Day Delilah "Modern Day Delilah" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, released on their nineteenth album "Sonic Boom", in 2009. It was released on August 19, 2009 as the first single off the album and the band's first single in eleven years. The song charted on US Mainstream Rock Tracks and Swedish Sverigetopplistan. "Modern Day Delilah" was announced and released as the lead single from "Sonic Boom" on August 19, 2009 to radio. The song was Kiss' first single release