It describes Mesopotamia, the "land between the rivers ... The fact that this map was a replica of an older, even more ...

Besides positioning Mesopotamia, the tablet contains descriptions ... Imago Mundi is an ancient map which not only opens the door to understanding Babylonian cosmology and geography but also ...

thus preserving the ancient landscape, unlike other parts of Mesopotamia where older irrigation systems were buried beneath newer canals or river sediments. By combining geological maps ...