Minutes and seconds are the verbal and written representations of an uncommon base-60 number system used in ancient Mesopotamia.

分和秒是古代美索不达米亚使用的一种不常见的60进制数字系统的口头和书面表达。

Some of the earliest human civilizations arose in southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq, in the fourth millennium B.C..

一些最早的人类文明于公元前4000年出现在美索不达米亚南部，也就是现在的伊拉克南部。

The great civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and the area we refer to as the Fertile Crescent, of which a little part here about the size of Rhode Island is Canaan.

古埃及，美索不达米亚和我们称为新月沃土的地区的伟大文明，其中一小部分面积和罗德岛差不多就是迦南。

I mentioned Jewelry. Jewelry have been found in Mesopotamia and at archaeological sites in modern-day Pakistan.

我提到了珠宝。在美索不达米亚和现代巴基斯坦的考古遗址都发现了珠宝。

There first appeared a type of object that remained characteristic for Mesopotamia throughout its entire history: the cylinder seal.

那里首先出现了一种东西，它在美索不达米亚的整个历史中一直保持着它的特点：滚筒印章。

This is not good but not so bad as for the Aral Sea and Mesopotamia.

对于咸海与美索不达米亚地区而言，这不是好消息，但也不是那么糟糕。

It was located on the Tigris and Euphrates in the South of Mesopotamia.

位于美索不达米亚的南部，底格里斯河与幼发拉底河之间。

Persian culture by the cultural impact of Mesopotamia, the use of cuneiform.

波斯文化受两河流域文化影响，使用楔形文字。

KING HAMMURABI of Mesopotamia regulated the use of derivatives almost 4,000 years ago.

美索不达米亚的汉莫拉比国王大约4000年前就控制了衍生品的使用。

KING HAMMURABI of Mesopotamia regulated the use of derivatives almost 4, 000 years ago.

美索不达米亚国王汉莫拉比早在四千年前就控制了衍生品的使用。

Nearly every civilization living in southern Mesopotamia has told some form of the flood myth.

南美索不达米亚地区的每种文明中，都有某种形式的大洪水的神话故事。

The Aramaeans were a Semitic people who originated and lived in upper Mesopotamia and Syria.

阿拉姆人的是一个犹太人的人发源于住在上不达米亚和叙利亚。

When the Lions of Mesopotamia won the 2007 Asian Cup, it was one of sport's greatest fairytales.

美索不达米亚的雄狮赢得2007年亚洲杯时，他曾是体育界最大的童话之一。

Mesopotamia was one of the first, if not the first, place in the world where writing developed.

两河流域即使不是第一也是世界上最早发明书写的文明之一。

You've got Egypt over here. You've got Asia Minor up here, and you've got Mesopotamia over here.

这里有埃及，这里有小亚细亚，这里有美索不达米亚。

What Stephen does is he starts off just talking about the God who appeared to Abraham in Mesopotamia.

司提反所做的是首先讲在美索不达米亚，对亚伯拉罕现身的神。

Mesopotamia was probably the first region of the world where humans gained mastery over major rivers.

美索不达米亚地区可能是世界上人类最早征服主干河流的地区。

These guidelines win him the favor of the gods, allowing him to rule Mesopotamia once the flood waters recede.

这些准则令他赢得了神的青睐，让他在洪水退去后统治美索不达米亚。

Pythagoras is best known for the theorem that bears his name, but it was discovered much earlier in Mesopotamia.

毕达哥拉斯最出名的是与他同名的定理，不过这一定理在美索不达米亚更早被人们发现。

In ancient Mesopotamia the rough Semites attacked and eventually overcame the wealthier, more sophisticated Sumerians.

在古代美索不达米亚，粗野的闪米特人袭击并最终战胜了富有和先进的苏美尔人。

According to Melville, teachers can continue to learn a thing or two about the way math was taught in Mesopotamia.

根据梅尔维尔的看法，教师可以继续学习有关美索不达米亚数学的一到二种教育方法。

According gto Melville, teachers can continue to learn a thing or two about the way math was taught in Mesopotamia.

根据梅尔维尔的看法，教师可以继续学习有关美索不达米亚数学的一到二种教育方法。

At its peak, between 2500 and 1900 BC, its major cities were comparable with thoseof contemporary Mesopotamia and Egypt.

公元前2500年至公元前1900年间是它最为兴盛的时期，它的主要城市的规模已与同时代的美索不达米亚和埃及城市繁荣程度相当。

Bushy mustaches had been synonymous with manhood in Iraqsince the 16th century, a remnant of Ottoman rule in Mesopotamia.

自16世纪在土耳其民族统治的美索不达米亚地区残存的伊拉克，浓密的胡子早已被视为男子气概的体现。

FERNAND BRAUDEL, a renowned French historian, once described a remarkable transformation in the society of ancient Mesopotamia.

Fednand Braudel是一位有名的历史学家，他曾经描述过古代的美索不达米亚社会的显著转变。

According to Mr Braudel, women in ancient Mesopotamia had previously been in charge of the fields and gardens where cereals were grown.

根据Braudel先生的观点，古美索不达米亚的女人曾经在庄稼地里耕种。

Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, the Subcontinent, not to speak of Latin America, were all seized long before Mesopotamia or the Levant.

撒哈拉沙漠以南的非洲，东南亚，南亚次大陆，更不用说拉美了，在美索不达米亚或累范特(the Levant)之前，长期以来都处于西方的控制之下。