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Imago Mundi: Babylonian Map of The World
A bit before the time Anaximander was conceptualizing his idea of a spheric world floating in space, some other bloke, possibly the son of Iṣṣuru the descendant of Ea-bēl-ilī was busy turning stones into documents in the humble hood of Mesopotamia. Little did their sophisticated, parchment-inking, perhaps condescending, Greek neighbours know, this map actually stood the test of time.