So 5,000 years ago in the land meso, or between, the Tigris and Euphrates potomoi, or rivers, cities started popping up much like they had in our old friend the Indus River valley.

因此，5000年前在格里斯和幼发之间的土地，城市开始如笋般冒出来，就像我们的老朋友印度流域那般。