Mes·o·po·ta·mi·a 
(mĕs′ə-pə-tāmē-ə)
(mĕs′ə-pə-tāmē-ə) An ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in modern-day Iraq. Probably settled before 5000 BC, the area was the home of numerous early civilizations, including Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. It declined in importance after Mongol invaders destroyed its extensive irrigation system in AD 1258.
Mes′o·po·tami·an adj. & n.
- corroborant
- corroborate
- corroboration
- corroborative
- corroborator
- corroboratory
- corroboree
- corrode
- corrodible
- corrosible
- corrosion
- corrosive
- corrosively
- corrosiveness
- corrosive sublimate
- corrugate
- corrugated
- corrugated iron
- corrugation
- corrupt
- corrupter
- corruptibility
- corruptible
- corruptibleness
- corruptibly