Hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed American bases and Manila in the Philippines. They also attacked Guam which like the Philippines was a U.S. territory. Wake Island is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States which Japan unsuccessful attacked on December 11, 1941. It however fell to the Japanese forces in a second attack 12 days later.
Mesopotamia was in an area that was harsh and unpredictable. There were floods.
It had good farmland and very fertile soil. plants also grew well near rivers or it had a good water supply. Irrigation was a huge part, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the silt from the rivers