The sumerians began to experiment with writing at the close of the fourth millennium bc in mesopotamia between the rivers tigris and euphrates ( roughly modern-day iraq ) .
At first the neolithic revolution was viewed as a single event-a sudden flash of genius-that occurred in a single location , mesopotamia , between the tigris and euphrates rivers in what is now southern iraq , then spread to india , europe , and beyond .
The euphrates , once broad and endlessly green , is now narrow and drab .
以前广阔的和有着无尽的绿色的幼发拉底河,现在也变得狭窄和单调起来。
From the palace , the group headed through the hectic open market and down a dusty dirt road to the euphrates .
从宫殿出发,一行人穿过喧闹的露天市场,走上了通往幼发拉底河的满是灰尘和污垢的道路。
Recently , the water ministry announced that turkey had doubled the water flow into the euphrates , salvaging the planting phase of the rice season in some areas .
日前,水务部门宣布土耳其已将其注入幼发拉底河的水量增加了一倍,试图抢救一些地区的粮食作物。
I was in turkey , wading in the euphrates , taping a show about the garden of eden , when linda proposed that one of our girls be named eden .