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But Gilgamesh, the epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia that is held to be among the earliest of humanity's "literary" writings, is perfectly accessible to an audience of today.

但是从古老的米索不达米亚流传下来的吉尔伽美什史诗堪比为最早的"文学"作品之一，而且完全可以进入今天观众的心中。

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.

的弱点拜占庭帝国，不幸之间的对抗希腊和拉丁基督教协进会，分裂的聂斯脱里和Eutyches的没有权力的波斯萨珊王朝波斯，管理松懈的道德准则的新的宗教，权力的剑和狂热，希望掠夺和征服的爱-所有这些因素结合的天才的c aliphs，接班人的穆罕默德，以征服的影响，在大大少於一个世纪以来，巴勒斯坦，叙利亚，美索不达米亚，埃及，北非洲和西班牙南部。

Situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Mesopotamian plain formed a large section of the Fertile Crescent, a wide moon-shaped strip of arable land running from the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf.

坐落于底格里斯河与幼发拉底河之间的美索不达米亚平原是一片富饶的土地，新月形的狭长地带贯穿整个阿拉伯半岛，一边靠着地中海的东岸，一边是波斯湾。

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。