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Explore the ancient world in this interactive map. Select a date an see cities, kingdoms and empires rise and fall.
Babylonian Map of the World, clay tablet produced between the late 8th and 6th centuries bce that depicts the oldest known map of the ancient world. Acquired by the British Museum in 1882 and translated in 1889, this tablet depicts a map of known and unknown regions of the ancient Mesopotamian world.
30 lis 2017 · Mesopotamia was a region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from which human civilization and world‑changing inventions emerged.
4 paź 2012 · Now, you can zoom around this huge, detailed map of the ancient world labeled with cities from all sorts of archaeological records, classical text references and European imagery.
Discover the civilization and long history of Ancient Mesopotamia in our comprehensive guide. Map and timeline included.
13 lip 2020 · People have invented and used maps to describe, clarify, and navigate their route within the world. The atlas of the ancient maps below contains depictions of our planet from Prehistory to the Age of Discovery and the appearance of modern geography during the early contemporary period.
This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a unique map of the Mesopotamian world. Babylon is shown in the centre (the rectangle in the top half of the circle), and Assyria, Elam, and other places are also named. The central area is ringed by a circular waterway labelled ‘Salt-Sea’.
