Mesopotamia (theme)

Theme of Mesopotamia Μεσοποταμία, θέμα Μεσοποταμίας
Theme of the Byzantine Empire
899/900s–1070s
Map of the Theme of Mesopotamia within the Byzantine Empire in 1000 AD.
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	899–911
• Fall to the Seljuks.	1070s
Today part of	Turkey

Mesopotamia (Greek: Μεσοποταμία) was the name of a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) located in what is today eastern Turkey. It should not be confused with the region of Mesopotamia or with the older Roman and early Byzantine province of Mesopotamia. The Byzantine theme was located between the rivers Arsanias (modern Murat) and Çimisgezek.