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WHETHER you think the human story begins in a garden in Mesopotamia known as Eden , or more prosaically on the savannahs of present-day east Africa , it is clear that Homo sapiens did not start life as an urban creature.

无论认为人类历史始于被称作伊甸园的美索不达米亚地区花园，还是在如今平淡无奇的东非大草原，有一点清楚明白：现代人类起源并不在城市。

The weakness of the Byzantine Empire, the unfortunate rivalry between the Greek and Latin Churches, the schisms of Nestorius and Eutyches, the failing power of the Sassanian dynasty of Persia, the lax moral code of the new religion, the power of the sword and of fanaticism, the hope of plunder and the love of conquest - all these factors combined with the genius of the caliphs, the successors of Mohammed, to effect the conquest, in considerably less than a century, of Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, North Africa, and the South of Spain.

疲软的拜占庭帝国，不幸之争，希腊和拉丁教会，分裂的nestorius和欧迪奇，没有权力的sassanian王朝的波斯，宽松的道德守则，新的宗教，权力剑和的狂热，是希望的掠夺和爱情征服-所有这些因素结合起来，同为天才的c aliphs，继承人穆罕默德，以效果征服，在相当程度不到一个世纪，巴勒斯坦，叙利亚，美索不达米亚，埃及，北非洲和西班牙南部。

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。

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。

Chinese envoys had been sailing through the Indian Ocean to India since the 2nd century BC, yet it was during the Tang Dynasty that a strong Chinese maritime presence could be found in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, into Persia, Mesopotamia (sailing up the Euphrates River in modern-day Iraq), Arabia, Egypt, Aksum, and Somalia in East Africa.

中国特使已经航行通过印度洋到印度自公元前2世纪，但它是在唐代，一个强大中国的海洋的存在可以找到在波斯湾和红海，进入波斯，美索不达米亚（航行了幼发拉底河河现代伊拉克），沙特阿拉伯，埃及，阿克苏姆，并在东非索马里。

In this respect he displays a significant parallel to Dumuzi among the Mesopotamians, which will prove to be of significance.

在这种关系里面，他在美索不达米亚之中扮演着一个有重大意义的角色，类似于杜穆兹，塔木兹，会被证实是重要的。

In Mesopotamia itself, in the neighbourhood of Edessa, Mardin, and Nisibis, Aramaic individuality was long preserved.

在美索不达米亚平原本身，在附近的edessa ，马尔丁， nisibis ，阿拉姆语的个性被长期保存。

The ability to reinforce NATO forces in the Hindu Kush will depend on how soon American troops can be shifted out of Mesopotamia.

加强北约武装在兴都库什山脉的能力将取决于美国军队从美索不达米亚撤出的速度有多快。

Sixty years of Babylonian supremacy was threatened during the reign of king Nabonidus, when Mesopotamia was faced with the expansion of yet another eastern power, the Persians.

在国王那波尼德斯统治期间，正当美索不达米亚面临着另一股东方力量——波斯的扩张，巴比伦六十年来的霸主地位受到了威胁。

Each year as winter arrived it was believed that Marduk would do battle with the monsters of chaos.

美索不达米亚人信奉多个神，古巴比伦的太阳神马杜克是他们的主神。

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。