Combination Post: Silly Saturday Facts Collection No. 52 + Wacky Border Sunday:

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Global History Hub! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to this massive world we all call home! On today's edition of Silly Saturday and Wacky Border Sunday, we'll be taking a look at the ancient region of Mesopotamia, and for Wacky Border Sunday, we'll be taking a look at COME BACK!!!

     Silly Saturday:

• Mesopotamia got its name due to its location between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
• Sumer was the first urban civilization withing Mesopotamia.      
• The Assyrian empire of Mesopotamia was one of the first superpowers of the ancient world.

     Sources: https://learnodo-newtonic.com/mesopotamia-facts  

     Wacky Border Sunday:

     

     Hawaii has several counties, each of comparable size. But Kalawao county is a tiny, thirteen square mile blip in Hawaii that is reserved for those who have leprosy. We discussed here what Hawaii did to those that were once afflicted with leprosy. It's quite interesting.

     Sources: https://www.theawl.com/2011/06/fun-with-maps-seven-peculiar-u-s-borders/