Mesopotamia (ˌmɛsəpəˈteɪmiə, from the Ancient Greek: Μεσοποταμία [land] between rivers; Arabic: بلاد الرافدين (bilād al-rāfidayn); Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ.\rbr\rbrDocumentary 2014, bbc documentary,bbc,national geographic,documentary,national geographic documentary,Structure,documentaries, documentary films, .\rbr\rbr\rbr\rbr\rbr\rbrToday, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is a barren desert. But centuries ago, this area in modern-day Iraq and southern Syria was known as .