2000-2999 B.C. Assyrian History

The Earliest Known Map

by Assyrian Information Management (AIM)

Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 at 04:18 PM CT

The earliest known map (left), found at Nuzi near Kirkuk, dates from the dynasty of Sargon of Akkad, about 2400-2200 B.C. The Babylonian tablet at right is a ground plan dating from the sixth or seventh century B.C.

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