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title: Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE
author: Jan van der Crabben
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11823/map-of-mesopotamia-and-the-ancient-near-east-c-130/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE

_Authored by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/)_

## Image File

[![Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11823.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11823.png)

## Image Caption

Map of [Mesopotamia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamia/) and the Ancient [Near East](https://www.worldhistory.org/Near_East/) c. 1300 BCE, showing the period of Great Powers, with the six large kingdoms and empires (the [Hittites](https://www.worldhistory.org/hittite/), the [Mycenaean Civilization](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mycenaean_Civilization/), [Assyria](https://www.worldhistory.org/assyria/), [Babylonia](https://www.worldhistory.org/babylon/), [Elam](https://www.worldhistory.org/elam/) and the [New Kingdom of Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt/)) co-existing in relative stability. This is the period of diplomacy with has produced the [Amarna Letters](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amarna_Letters/) and the Treaty of [Kadesh](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kadesh/), the first recorded peace treaty in history.

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## Bibliography

- [Wittke, A.-M. et al. *Historical Atlas of the Ancient World.* Brill, 2009, 15.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/9004171568/)

## About the Author

Jan is the Founder & Chairman of World History Encyclopedia and is the organisation's Director of Design & Technology. He holds an MA War Studies from King's College, and he has worked in the field of history-related digital media since 2006.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/janvdc)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Crabben, J. v. d. (2020, February 01). Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11823/map-of-mesopotamia-and-the-ancient-near-east-c-130/>
### Chicago
Crabben, Jan van der. "Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 01, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11823/map-of-mesopotamia-and-the-ancient-near-east-c-130/>.
### MLA
Crabben, Jan van der. "Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Feb 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11823/map-of-mesopotamia-and-the-ancient-near-east-c-130/>.

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