The correct answer is C) Middle Eastern. Mesopotamia, a historical region which lies in what is now the Middle East, lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is often referred to as "The Cradle of Civilization", because civilization is believed to have first developed there, is where the prophet Muhammad was born and the birthplace of Islam, and was home to many ancient empires like the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians.