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Lower Mesopotamia
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<p>Lower Mesopotamia is a <a href="/facts/Historical_region/v5j2ltV8">historical region</a> of <a href="/facts/Mesopotamia/f0mmbhTK">Mesopotamia</a>. It is located in the <a href="/facts/Alluvial_plain/YWX4BlV3">alluvial plain</a> of <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a> from the <a href="/facts/Hamrin_Mountains/EzFTk9bm">Hamrin Mountains</a> to the <a href="/facts/Faw_Peninsula/wV1ke6qC">Faw Peninsula</a> near the <a href="/facts/Persian_Gulf/W78AfnC1">Persian Gulf</a>. </p><p>In the Middle Ages it was also known as the <i><a href="/facts/Sawad/X4RUe1yG">Sawad</a></i> and al-Jazira al-sflia ("Lower Jazira"), which strictly speaking designated only the southern alluvial plain, and <a href="/facts/Arab_Iraq/3lMvyMFm">Arab Iraq</a>, as opposed to <a href="/facts/Persian_Iraq/IaSfbkvx">Persian Iraq</a>, the <a href="/facts/Jibal/gBh4Ros4">Jibal</a>. Lower Mesopotamia was home to <a href="/facts/Sumer/bxRz093q">Sumer</a> and <a href="/facts/Babylonia/J4jjdUua">Babylonia</a>. </p>