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The principal ideas behind this theory are: the monotheistic religion of Akhenaten being a possible predecessor to Moses' monotheism, and a contemporaneous collection of "Amarna Letters" written by nobles to Akhenaten (Amarna was Akhenaten's capital city) which describe raiding bands of "Habiru" attacking the Egyptian territories in Mesopotamia.

这个理论背后的主要想法就是：阿肯纳顿的一神论宗教很可能是摩西的一神论的前身，同时期收藏的&阿玛尔纳书信&是一位贵族写给阿肯纳顿的书信（阿玛尔纳是阿肯纳顿建立的首都城市），信上说一群&哈比鲁&的袭击队伍在袭击埃及在美索不达米亚的领土。

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

8所以耶和华的怒气向以色列人发作，就把他们交在美索不达米亚王古珊利萨田的手中。

Its first appearance seems to have been in Mesopotamia about 3000 to 4000 B.C. A great deal of design effort was spent from early times on the problem of timekeeping as more sophisticated clockworks were devised.

它的首次亮相，似乎已在美索不达米亚约3000年至4000年甘州大量的设计精力用于从早期时代的问题是报时作为更精密clockworks 分别制定。

It has been assumed that the name of the city of Sittakê in Mesopotamia , the capital of Sittacene, is derived from Babylonian URU Sattag,"city of the Sattagydians", in which case the town may have been a colony of eastern military settlers or deportees.

这是假定的名称城市Sittakê在美索不达米亚的首都Sittacene ，来自巴比伦乌鲁Sattag ，&城市的Sattagydians &，在这种情况下，镇可能是一个殖民地，东部地区的军事定居或驱逐出境。

Bell鑣 paintings and lithographs, one a set of cuneiform-like black squares imprinted on ivory paper — an alphabet, he explained, based on his impressions of ancient Mesopotamian art.

墙上挂着贝勒斯先生的画作和平板印刷品，其中一幅是一套黑色正方形，类似楔形文字，压印在象牙纸上——字母表，他解释说，根据古代美索不达米亚作品印象而作。

Long ago it was called Mesopotamia, which means "the land between the rivers."

很久以前，人们称它为美索不达米亚，意为&河流之间的陆地&。

It was not until the reign of Naboplashar (625-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty that the Mesopotamian civilization reached its ultimate glory.

但是直到新巴比伦王朝，美索不达米亚文明才达到了它的鼎盛时期。

When they later returned to their rugged homeland, they had stories to tell about the amazing gardens and palm trees at Mesopotamia...About the palace of Nebuchadnezzar... About the Tower of Babel[9] and the ziggurats.

当他们后往返到坎坷不平的家乡时，带回了有关美索不达米亚的令人赞叹的花园和椰子树……、有关尼布甲尼撒的宫殿……以及有关巴别塔和金字型神塔的各种故事。

When they later returned to their rugged homeland, they had stories to tell about the amazing gardens and palm trees at Mesopotamia...About the palace of Nebuchadnezzar... About the Tower of Babel and the ziggurats.

当他们后来回到崎岖不平的家乡时，带回了有关美索不达米亚的令人惊叹的花园和椰子树……有关尼布甲尼撒的宫殿……以及有关巴别塔和金字塔的各种故事。

The form of writing, called Pictograms that was used by the Mesopotamians was very simple.

书写的方式，称为Pictograms，被美索不达米亚人所使用，也非常简单的。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。