Eleanor status as the queen of the two of the most powerful kingdom in the world really benefit her sons during her reign. She was heavily involved in various political decisions and exercise their power so her sons could maintain their position of power within the European continent
Mesopotamia is a name for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq plus Kuwait, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish-Syrian and Iran–Iraq borders.