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Near East Maps

See: Mesopotamia Resources

Map of Ancient Iran
Large JPEG file showing the extent of the Persian Empire with cities.

Ancient Mesopotamia
Map of Akkad, Babylonia, Assyria, and Sumer located alongside the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Major cities and other rivers included in line drawing.

The Assyrians
Map showing the empire from 1800-1600, 1244-1208, and 699-627 BC; includes major cities and rivers.

The Earliest Known Map
Monograph to accompany a slide of a clay Babylonian map from 6200 B.C. Conjectures on earlier map making. Includes bibliography.

Nippur, Sacred City of Enlil
B&W map of rivers and cities from the Khabur to the Karkeh River and from Khorsbad to Eridu, Susa to Mari.

Sumer
Map showing areas and time periods for Sumer, Akkadian Empire, and the Old Kingdom of Egypt.

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