Both Uses of
Mesopotamia
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- There was another good part, that of the king of Mesopotamia; but through so many interruptions, it was difficult to make out what end he served.†
Chpt 1.1.4 *
- I have it from my husband, who is a cinquantenier**, at the Parloir-aux Bourgeois, and who was this morning comparing the Flemish ambassadors with those of Prester John and the Emperor of Trebizond, who came from Mesopotamia to Paris, under the last king, and who wore rings in their ears.†
Chpt 1.6.3
Definition:
ancient cradle of civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq