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Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Day 1: Mesopotamia Mesopotamia is also known as the “Fertile Crescent”, and was located on the Tigris-Euphrates…