History glossary
Tigris
one of Mesopotamia's two great rivers, flowing through modern Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
- Category
- River
- Region
- Modern Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
- Date range
- Ancient to present
What it means
The Tigris River rises in eastern Turkey and flows southeast through Iraq before joining the Euphrates system near the Persian Gulf. In ancient Mesopotamia it provided water, transport routes, and fertile land, but its floods could be fast and unpredictable.
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