Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at tigris-euphrates.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Tigris-Euphrates.
Examples
-
The land biblical somehow, puts me in mind of Jerusalem, the Tigris-Euphrates, Babylon.
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
-
The land biblical somehow, puts me in mind of Jerusalem, the Tigris-Euphrates, Babylon.
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
-
The destruction to civic structures that help society control some of the adverse effects of the environment can significantly alter landscapes, as witnessed by the sewage running into the Tigris River in Baghdad and the drying of the marshlands of the Tigris-Euphrates rivers.
-
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, in the Tigris-Euphrates valley, where Nimrod established his kingdom.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
-
The first writings alluding to Biblical creation are from the Tigris-Euphrates valley (Babylon).
Think Progress » Specter’s ‘Compromise’ on Warrantless Wiretapping Excuses Bush For Illegal Conduct 2006
-
Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh - Encyclopedia of Earth
-
Large-scale water diversion projects of all kinds are rapidly degrading the Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh.
-
The Tigris-Euphrates Valley, where the fabled Garden of Eden has been placed, in early ages succeeded the Nile — Valley as a great centre of human development; and the prerogative of a central and commanding position still promises it, even in the present state of decay and desolation under the unspeakable Turk, a magnificent future,311 when railways and canals shall connect it with Europe.
-
Geological features are varied and include calcareous Mesozoic and Tertiary rocks and alluvial-colluvial soils in the Tigris-Euphrates valley.
Middle East steppe 2008
-
The earliest known astrological records were found in the city of Babylon in Mesopotamia in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley present-day Iraq.
Astrology for Enlightenment Michelle Karén 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.