Talk:Mesopotamia (Middle East)

Warning box removal
I've twice removed a warning box from this article that I think it too general to be of much use - Special:Diff/2966343/2966380. For an article that is little more than a pointer to other articles, I don't think it's necessary to have such an in-your-face warning, particularly one that paints the full region based on a few of its constituent parts and strikes me as being of questionable accuracy (for example, suggesting all UNESCO sites in the region have been completely destroyed). -- Ryan &bull; (talk) &bull; 03:17, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Necessary?
Is this territorial division article necessary? It only makes for a very short article, and the name Mesopotamia does not have a reality for travellers.

I suggest keeping Ancient Mesopotamia but removing Mesopotamia (Middle East), what do you think?

Cheers! Syced (talk) 14:01, 6 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Are you sure "Mesopotamia" has no current relevance? See Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:


 * When in October 2004 al-Zarqawi swore loyalty to Osama bin Laden, he renamed the group Tanẓīm Qāʻidat al-Jihād fī Bilād al-Rāfidayn (lit. "The Organisation of Jihad's Base in Mesopotamia")


 * That said, I suppose we could merge whatever is here to the other article and just mention that some Arabs still refer to the region by the ancient name of Mesopotamia (see Mesopotamia for names in various regional languages). Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:37, 6 March 2017 (UTC)