Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE

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Jan van der Crabben
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Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE Download Full Size Image

Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East c. 1300 BCE, showing the period of Great Powers, with the six large kingdoms and empires (the Hittites, the Mycenaean Civilization, Assyria, Babylonia, Elam and the New Kingdom of Egypt) co-existing in relative stability. This is the period of diplomacy with has produced the Amarna Letters and the Treaty of Kadesh, the first recorded peace treaty in history.

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Jan van der Crabben
Jan is the Founder and CEO of World History Encyclopedia. He holds an MA War Studies from King's College, and he has worked in the field of history-related digital media since 2006.

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Crabben, J. v. d. (2020, February 01). Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11823/map-of-mesopotamia-and-the-ancient-near-east-c-130/

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Crabben, Jan van der. "Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 01, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11823/map-of-mesopotamia-and-the-ancient-near-east-c-130/.

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Crabben, Jan van der. "Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 01 Feb 2020. Web. 19 Mar 2023.

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