Home Timeline Geography Search Sources Links Info+Contact 680850 visitors since may 8, 2005 NAVIGATE Overall Index Asia Middle East Mesopotamia Firat Firat (Euphrates) The longest river in the Middle East springing in the Taurus northwest of Lake Van. The river is better known outside the Middle East by its Greek name Euphrates. Biblical Perath. write a comment or suggest a text, search on Google this entry was last changed Aug 11, 2007 SWJ 2026, no rights reserved