Mesopotamia is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq, Kuwait, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish–Syrian and Iran–Iraq
<span>Although the Constitution was ratified by the required number of states, it was important that New York and Virginia </span>also ratified the Constitution because <span>the new government would need the support of large states to be accepted by the country .</span>