Archaeological evidence has shown that Mesopotamia was the cradle of civilization.

考古学上的证据显示，美索不达米亚是人类文明的发源地。

This custom of the Easter egg can be traced to early Christians of Mesopotamia, and from there it spread into Russia and Siberia through the Orthodox churches, and later into Europe through the Catholic and Protestant churches.

复活节彩蛋的习俗可以追溯美索不达米亚的早期基督徒，并从那里通过东正教传播俄罗斯和西伯利亚，后来通过天主教和新教传入欧洲。

Historians believe salty soils contributed to the fall of ancient Mesopotamia.

历史学家认为古美索不达米的衰弱与土壤盐化有关。

In ancient Mesopotamia, ordinary structures like houses or shops were made out of mud bricks.

在古美索不达米亚地区，房屋和商店等普通结构是用泥砖建造的。

What do cats have to do with the economic system of ancient Mesopotamia?

猫和古代美索不达米亚的经济体系有什么关系？

According to the production designers, they were inspired by Egyptian pyramids and also Aztec pyramids, and the ziggurats of Mesopotamia and the main palace, on closer inspection, is inspired by the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico.

制作团队说，他们的灵感来自于埃及金字塔、阿兹克金字塔，以及美索不达米亚的通天塔和主宫殿，细看之下，主宫殿其实受了墨西哥太阳金字塔的影响。

Although primitive man must have had a spoken language, social scientists have no evidence of written language before the appearance of written records in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt 5-6 thousand years ago.

虽然原始人一定有口头语言，但是社会科学家没有证据证明在56前古美索不达米亚和埃及出现文字记录前人类就有文字了。

The word paper derives from papyrus, the name of a riverside plant similar to grass, from which an ancient form of paper was used in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

paper这个字源自于 papyrus（纸草），这是一种在古埃及和美索不达米亚被用来制作纸张而形状像草的河边植物。

There is a strong inclination toward protection in his personality.This is partially wholesome and partially the result of fear on his part.I hope that he will attend a regular session.He was also in Mesopotamia.

在他的人格中，有一种强烈的保护自己的倾向。这部分是有益的，有部分是由于他的恐惧。我希望他能参加定期课。他也曾经在美索不达米亚。

It's definitely a bit of a " who was first" debate between Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley civilization over who can claim to have been the region with the first astronomers.

在埃及、美索不达米亚和印度河流域文明之间，关于谁是第一个拥有天文学家的地区，这无疑是一场“谁是第一个”的辩论。

Although no such building was found during excavations in Mesopotamia, and its existence has been subject to much debate, artists have kept this imagery alive in their paintings throughout the centuries.

尽管在美索不达米亚的发掘过程中没有发现这样的建筑物，而且其存在受了很多争议，但艺术家们在他们的绘画中整个世纪都保留了这种形象。

The British also smushed together the former Ottoman provinces of Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra into their mandate for Mesopotamia which would later evolve into the state of Iraq.

英国人还将前奥斯曼帝国的摩苏尔省、巴格达省和巴士拉省合并他们对美索不达米亚的委任统治中，这就是后来的伊拉克国。

Perched on a strategic hilltop overlooking the plains of Mesopotamia in southeastern Turkey, Mardin is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

马尔丁坐落于一个战略要地的山顶上，可以俯瞰土耳其东南部的美索不达米亚平原，也是该地区最古老的定居点之一。

If true, it means that animal domestication didn't originate solely in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia, as many of us learned in history class.

如果属实，那就意味着动物驯养并非像我们大多数人从历史课上学的那样，仅仅起源于美索不达米亚的新月沃土。

By contrast, in Greece and Rome, where grapes grew more easily, wine was as readily available as beer was in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

相反，希腊和罗马的环境适合葡萄生长，那儿的红酒就如同埃及和 美索不达米亚的啤酒一般平常。

In the British Museum, we look after about 130,000 written tablets from Mesopotamia, and scholars from all over the world come to study the collection.

在大英博物馆，我们保存了超过十三万块来自美索不达米亚的黏土板，世界各地的学者都来此研究这批收藏。

Leo was one of the earliest constellations to be recognized, with versions of it being known more than 6, 000 years ago in Mesopotamia.

狮子座是最早被辨识的星座之一，它在6000多前就已经被美索不达米亚人了解了。

The Tigris and Euphrates are decent as rivers go, but Mesopotamia is no Indus Valley, with its on-schedule flooding and easy irrigation.

底格里斯河和幼发拉底河算是不错的河流，但它们不像印度河流域的河流一样由准时的洪水便于灌溉。

Others were more conceptual questions that involved some thinking — like, " What is significant about the Indus scripts found in Mesopotamia? "

另一些则是一些概念性的问题，涉及一些想法，比如，“在美索不达米亚发现的印度河文字具有什么意义？”

Mesopotamia, as the region was once known, has ancient and glorious traditions of art, including statuary, stretching back thousands of years.

美索不达米亚这个地区曾经很著名，有着古老而辉煌的艺术传统，包括雕塑，有着几的历史。