Near East Maps
See: Mesopotamia ResourcesMap of Ancient Iran
Large JPEG file showing the extent of the Persian Empire with cities.Ancient Near East Empires from 700-300 BCE
Companion interactive map to below. Shows extent of Assyrian, first, then Babylonian, Persian, and, finally, Macedonian empires.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.City of Nippur Maproom
A relief map and one locating Nippur as the center of Sumer and Akkad. Other resources include a page on archaeologist John Peters who launched the modern excavation in 1888.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.
Map showing areas and time periods for Sumer, Akkadian Empire, and the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
