Ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Crossword Clue

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Ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

EUPHRATES (noun)
1. a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia
BETWEEN (adverb)
1. in the interval
2. in between

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