美索不达米亚的

Grounded in a variety of disciplines , including Assyriology , Classics , and early Islamic history , the 15 essays in this volume cover a broad geographic area : Greece , Egypt , Syria-Palestine , Mesopotamia , and Persia .

立足于不同的工作范畴，包括亚述学，古典文学和伊斯兰早期的历史，在这卷15文章涉及广泛的地理区域：希腊，埃及，叙利亚，巴勒斯坦，美索不达米亚和波斯。

When evidence becomes available, it is clear that Mesopotamia is dominated by two major powers: the Kassites ruling Babylon and a Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni in the North.

当证据变得确凿的时候，很明显是美索不达米亚地区受到两种主要的力量的支配：统治巴比伦的加喜特人，以及北部北部的一个胡里安王国米坦尼。

But by the tenth century CE it was grown in Mesopotamia, on the coastlands of the Persian Gulf, in parts of the Arabian peninsula, and along the Nile Valley in Upper Egypt and Nubia; in this last region, sorghum had clearly become the staple food.

但是在公元十世纪它已经种植在美索不达米亚、波斯湾的海岸线上、阿拉伯半岛的部分地区以及上埃及和努比亚境内的尼罗河流域。在最后一个地区，高粱已经明确成为了主食。

The seventh book continues the story from the accession of Anastasius (491), and together with general ecclesiastical history it combines some interesting details of wars with the Persians in Mesopotamia.

第七本书的故事继续从加入达西（ 491 ），并与一般教会的历史结合一些有趣的细节，战争与波斯人在美索不达米亚。

The Mitanni were an eastern Indo-European people (belonging to the linguistic "satem" group) who settled in northern Mesopotamia circa 1600 BC South-East of Turkey and by circa 1450 BC established a medium-size empire east, north and west, and temporarily made tributary vassals out of kings in the west, even as far as Kafti and making them a major threat for the Pharaoh.

米坦尼人是一群东部印欧语系的人（属于语言学上的&S类语言&组别），大约在公元前1600年从土耳其东南部移居到美索不达米亚，大约在公元前1450年建立一个中等大小的帝国，让东面、北面和西面，甚至远至卡夫提的附庸诸候国暂时脱离了西面的国王，使他们成为了埃及法老的主要威胁。

The jewel may have passed through hands and nations for as many as 5000 years — some think ancient Mesopotamian texts make reference to the Koh-i-Noor as early as

这颗宝石可能在不同人，不同国家之间流落了五千年之久了，因为有些人认为古美索不达米亚早在公元前3200就有了关于宝石的记载。

If America could choose again, it would not step into a civil war in Mesopotamia.

如果上天再给美国一次机会，美国将不会踏进美索不达米亚地区的内战中。

A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a site in present-day southeast Iraq.

乌尔，迦迪斯的吾珥古代美索不达米亚南部苏美尔的城市，遗址在现今伊拉克的东西部。

His story begins with Sumerian farmers who realised, some time in the third millennium BC, that the surpluses of grain generated within Mesopotamia's fertile crescent could be used as barter for things they did not have.

他的故事开篇描述的是大约在公元前3000年间，苏美农民意识到在美索不达米亚平原新月沃地上产出粮食的剩余部分可以用来进行物物交换，以获得自己没有的东西。

Other traditions represent St. Bartholomew as preaching in Mesopotamia, Persia, Egypt, Armenia, Lycaonia, Phrygia, and on the shores of the Black Sea; one legend, it is interesting to note, identifies him with Nathaniel.

其他传统所代表的圣巴尔多禄茂一世，因为说教，在美索不达米亚，波斯，埃及，亚美尼亚，利考尼亚， phrygia ，以及对海岸的黑海；之一，传说中，值得一提的是，确定了他与nathaniel 。

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。