Name:
Mesopotamia
Also Called:
Sumer
Iraq
Type:
Region
Location:
Asia
First Seen In:
Appearances:
Walking to Babylon
Farewell, Great Macedon
The Boundless Sea
In the Stars
Resolution
Mesopotamia was a region on Earth in Asia. It was the place where human civilisation began, and was home to the city-states of Uruk and Kish. One part of Mesopotamia was called Lower Mesopotamia, where the city-state Ur was situated. (Timewyrm: Genesys, The Boundless Sea)
The Seventh Doctor and Ace visited the region in 2700 BC. (Timewyrm: Genesys)
The Thirteenth Doctor and her friends took part in the very first New Year’s Eve celebrations in Mesopotamia. This region of Mesopotamia would later become Iraq. (Resolution)
Mesopotamia was later home to the city-state of Babylon, which was visited by Bernice Summerfield. (Walking to Babylon)
The Surene tribe of Lower Mesopotamia buried the wives alive with their dead husbands. (The Boundless Sea)
River Song visited Mesopotamia in 1924 to investigate a Surene tomb in the vincinity of Ur. (The Boundless Sea)
In the 1st century, the multicultural city of Byzantium was home to Mesopotamians. (Byzantium!)
In the 1850s, the First Doctor and Steven Taylor visited the remnants of Eridu. (Out of the Deep)
The Eleventh Doctor offered to take Clara Oswald to Mesopotamia. (The Day of the Doctor)
In the 1850s, the First Doctor and Steven Taylor visited the remnants of Eridu. (Out of the Deep)