The land area between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates; the southern part was held by Babylonia and the northern by Assyria. The Code of Hammurabi (1792–1750 BCE) was found on a great stone at Susa, in modern Iran, and is now in Paris.
Citation for Mesopotamia
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MLA
"Mesopotamia." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 22, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1242>.
Chicago
"Mesopotamia." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1242 (accessed May 22, 2013).