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  2. Nimrud - Wikipedia

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    Nimrud (/ n ɪ m ˈ r uː d /; Syriac: ܢܢܡܪܕ Arabic: النمرود) is an ancient Assyrian city (original Assyrian name Kalḫu, biblical name Calah) located in Iraq, 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the village of Selamiyah (Arabic: السلامية), in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia.

  3. Babylonian Map of the World - Wikipedia

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    The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.

  4. File:Map of the World from Sippar, Mesopotamia, Iraq. 6th ...

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    English: Map of the World from Sippar (Tell Abu Habba), Mesopotamia, Iraq, 6th century BCE. On display at the British Museum in London. Date: 29 January 2014, 16:06:16:

  5. How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world - AOL

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    Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. By the time he died ...

  6. Geography of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. The geography of Mesopotamia, encompassing its ethnology and history, centered on the two great rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates.While the southern is flat and marshy, the near approach of the two rivers to one another, at a spot where the undulating plateau of the north sinks suddenly into the Babylonian alluvium, tends to separate them still more ...

  7. Nimrod - Wikipedia

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    Pieter Bruegel's The Tower of Babel depicts a traditional Nimrod inspecting stonemasons.. The first biblical mention of Nimrod is in the Generations of Noah. [6] He is described as the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great-grandson of Noah; and as "a mighty one in the earth" and "a mighty hunter before the Lord".

  8. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...

  9. Borsippa - Wikipedia

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    Borsippa (Sumerian: BAD.SI.(A).AB.BA KI or Birs Nimrud (having been identified with Nimrod) is an archeological site in Babylon Governorate, Iraq built on both sides of a lake about 17.7 km (11.0 mi) southwest of Babylon on the east bank of the Euphrates.