Plan of Babylon

Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This finely made clay map of Babylon shows the Tuba area in Babylon, two gateways, a section of the city inner wall, and a gateway fed by the Rover Euphrates. The reverse side of the tablet gives accurate measurements for the city walls. Probably from Babylon, Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Circa 600-500 BCE. (The British Museum, Iraq)

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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, April 14). Plan of Babylon. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4923/plan-of-babylon/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Plan of Babylon." World History Encyclopedia, April 14, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4923/plan-of-babylon/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Plan of Babylon." World History Encyclopedia, 14 Apr 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4923/plan-of-babylon/.

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