Babylonian Map of the World (6th century BC), also known as Imago Mundi, is oldest clay tablet map…

thepastisalreadywritten: Babylonian Map of the World (6th century BC), also known as Imago Mundi, is oldest clay tablet map written in Akkadian. The tablet describes the oldest known depiction of the known world. It was discovered at Sippar, southern Iraq, 60 miles north of Babylon on east bank of Euphrates River. This map not only …