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    Historical Thread 0 Featured December 29 , 2003

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    Author: * Leah Enkidu - 2 Posts on this thread out of 1,010 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Oct 10, 2004 - 16:47

    This ancient tablet from the 7th Century BC depicts a plan of the world at the time of Sargon (2300 BC) as a circle surrounded by oceans, with Babylon and the River Euphrates at its center.

    The distant mountainous areas beyond the seas, as well as Assyria and the swamps at the mouth of the Euphrates being shown.

    (British Museum)


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