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  2. 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.

  3. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    'Amalgamated Map of the Great Ming Empire') world map, likely made in the late 14th or the 15th century, [33] shows China at the centre and Europe, half-way round the globe, depicted very small and horizontally compressed at the edge. The coast of Africa is also mapped from an Indian Ocean perspective, showing the Cape of Good Hope area.

  4. File:Babylonian Map of the World, 700-500 BC.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: Babylonian Map of the World, 700-500 BC Mesopotamia 1500-539 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

  5. List of empires - Wikipedia

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    Armenian Empire: 331 BC: 428: 618 Ashanti Empire: 1670: 1957: 226 Assyrian Empire: 2025 BC: 609 BC: 1416 Aulikara Empire: 528: 550: 22 Austria-Hungary: 1867: 1918: 51 Austrian Empire: 1804: 1867: 63 Avar Khaganate: 567 822 255 Ayutthaya Kingdom: 1351: 1767: 416 Ayyubid Dynasty: 1171: 1260: 89 Aztec Empire: 1325: 1521: 196 Old Babylonian Empire ...

  6. List of ancient great powers - Wikipedia

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    After the fall of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC, [11] the Babylonian Empire was the most powerful state in the ancient world. Its capital, Babylon, was beautifully adorned by King Nebuchadnezzar, who erected several famous buildings. Even after the Babylonian Empire had been overthrown by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 BC, [12] the ...

  7. Babylon - Wikipedia

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    Its rulers established two important empires in antiquity, the 19th–16th century BC Old Babylonian Empire, and the 7th–6th century BC Neo-Babylonian Empire. Babylon was also used as a regional capital of other empires, such as the Achaemenid Empire. Babylon was one of the most important urban centres of the ancient Near East, until its ...

  8. Babylonia - Wikipedia

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    Babylonia briefly became the major power in the region after Hammurabi (fl. c. 1792 –1752 BC middle chronology, or c. 1696 –1654 BC, short chronology) created a short-lived empire, succeeding the earlier Akkadian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, and Old Assyrian Empire. The Babylonian Empire rapidly fell apart after the death of Hammurabi and ...

  9. 6th century BC - Wikipedia

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    West Asia: During the Persian empire, Zoroaster, a.k.a. Zarathustra, founded Zoroastrianism, a dualistic philosophy. This was also the time of the Babylonian captivity of the ancient Jews. Ancient India: the Buddha and Mahavira founded Buddhism and Jainism respectively; The decline of the Olmec civilization in Central America