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兩河流域

简两河流域 · 繁兩河流域

Mandarin · pinyin Liǎng hé Liú yù

Mesopotamia

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兩: liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
域: yù · district, region, boundary; land
两: liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce

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3–2–2–4 · Liang3 he2 Liu2 yu4

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(history) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)

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