Though maps likely existed before this, the oldest map that was discovered dates back over 4000 years and was found in which region of the world? Middle East African Rift Valley East Asia Europe

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Elianna Raymond

Geography

17 June, 16:43

Though maps likely existed before this, the oldest map that was discovered dates back over 4000 years and was found in which region of the world? Middle East African Rift Valley East Asia Europe

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Belinda Osborne · Answer 1

Middle East

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The earliest map of 4000 years is known to be found in river valleys of Mesopotamia in Akkadian present in Iraq i. e a town of Babylon and is thus called the Babylon map of the world. Roughly dating back to the 6th CE map as made up of clay and has a height of 12.2cm, and a width of 8.2 cm the waiting is in cuneiform. The map is in circular with two outer defined circles. The Outer circles represent water. There are seven small circles on the map and appear to represent small cities. Some argue that the map belongs to the European middle ages. The map is centered around the Euphrates that is falling from the north to the south bottom, Euraphate is labeled as a swamp.