A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

A map of Mesopotamia, around the time of 1,200 BC, (Map licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia) Mesopotamia was located between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the Middle East.

Researchers are shedding light on an ancient Babylonian tablet known as the oldest map of the world. The map was likely created around 2,600 years ago and offers a glimpse into the past.

The map shows Mesopotamia surrounded by a double ring — which the ancient scribe labeled the “bitter river,” a river that created the borders around the Babylonians’ known world.

The 3,000-year-old map places the Ark beyond Mesopotamia, in an unknown land where jewels hang from trees instead of fruit.

News, Reviews, Release Date, Trailers, Gameplay and more for Sid Meier's Civilization V: Cradle of Civilization Map Pack - Mesopotamia ...

Mesopotamia is an ancient region of the Middle-East that is most of modern-day Iraq and parts of other countries. They invented cities, the wheel and farming and gave women almost equal rights ...