Originally posted by Raskolnikov
History/Geography Class flashback: Mesipotamia: The Cradle of Civilization. That would be modern day Iraq.

What? I'm sure there was supposed to be something really clever about that response.

I assume you're talking about Mesopotamia. Yes . . . it was the cradle of civilization . . . about 5 thousand years ago! But they've been in total squalor for the last 500 years, until we came along.