Babylonian Map Of The World

The map is circular with two outer defined circles. The Babylonian Map of the World Imago Mundi c. Now in the British Museum. Imago Mundi Babylonian map the oldest known world map 6th century BCE Babylonia.

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Babylon is surrounded by two concentric circles that represent the ocean named bitter water or the salt sea It is labeled with Babylon Assyria and Elam.

Babylonian Map Of The World. Category Middle East Before the Common Era. A lengthy overview of the map appears if you click on the sign next to the Description Another view of the Babylonian Map This shorter introduction has a set of overlays of the British Museums map. The Babylonian Mappa mundi or world map British Museum 92687 a diagrammatic labeled depiction of the world was probably created between 700 and 500 BCE in Sippar southern iraq where it was discovered.

The Hellenistic World 240 BCE Hurrian Kingdoms and Peoples. The Babylonian World Map also known as Imago Mundi is usually dated to the 6th century BCE and is the one of the oldest known world maps and certainly the most famous. The Babylonian World Map also known as Imago Mundi is usually dated to the 6th - 7th century BC.

Maps of the Middle East BCE. 2008 13 Nov-2009 15 Mar. It was first published in 1899.

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