1.美索不达米亚
1.ancient region located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern Iraq and Syria. It was the site of several early urban civilizations, including Babylonia.
1.Mesopotamia at least has a historic structure, with its three north-south oriented ethnic and sectarian entities.
美索不达米亚地区自南至北虽然有三个主要的种族和教派实体，但至少有其历史渊源。
2.We are entering now upon a thousand years of warfare between the once quite separated civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Nile.
我们这会儿即将进入持续一千年的战争时期，以前完全分离的美索不达米亚文明和尼罗河文明之间冲突不断。
3.Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, the Subcontinent, not to speak of Latin America, were all seized long before Mesopotamia or the Levant.
撒哈拉沙漠以南的非洲，东南亚，南亚次大陆，更不用说拉美了，在美索不达米亚或累范特（theLevant）之前，长期以来都处于西方的控制之下。
4.If America could choose again, it would not step into a civil war in Mesopotamia.
如果美国能够再次选择，它不会卷入美索不达米亚平原的内战。
5.But for a growing number of Americans the superpower's inability to impose its will on Mesopotamia is symptomatic of a deeper malaise.
但越来越多的美国人意识到：若说是美国已经重病的话，这个超级大国对美索不达米亚的无能为力仅是重病的一个症状。
6.When the Lions of Mesopotamia won the 2007 Asian Cup, it was one of sport's greatest fairy tales.
美索不达米亚的雄狮赢得2007年亚洲杯时，他曾是体育界最大的童话之一。
7.The Indus Valley was also known as Meluhha, the earliest maritime trading partner of the Sumerians and Akkadians in Mesopotamia.
印度河流域也被认为是麦路哈，是位于美索不达米亚的苏美尔人和阿卡德人的最早海上贸易伙伴。
8.The zurna, also known as the surna, is an instrument from Islamic areas including Iran, Mesopotamia, and Syria.
唆呐、苏尔奈或金口角，是一种来自于伊斯兰地区（包括伊朗、美索不达米亚及叙利亚）的乐器。
9.A similar scene found in Mesopotamia is associated with the Gilgamesh epic, in which the hero strangles a pair of lions.
而在美索不达米亚所发现的类似场景，则与《吉尔伽美什》史诗有关，史诗中的主角勒死了两只狮子。
10.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。