Mesopotamia
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Ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Named alongside Egypt and Palestine as one of three regions full of followers of monastic Christian philosophy.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Mesopotamia named alongside Egypt and Palestine
"Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia are full of those who follow this Christian Philosophy"
Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses
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Sacred Chronology
— Jacob at 77 flees to Mesopotamia
"Jacob, 77 years old, flees to Mesopotamia"