While many of the places are shown in their correct location, some have said that the map is intended to show the Babylonian view of the mythological world. The actual meaning behind the content of the map has been disputed.

All other maps produced during the same period were localized to the area in which they were created, did not include land beyond the ocean, because the ocean was considered the end of all lands. It is unique in its inclusion of the islands beyond the ocean. It is believed that the map was intended to convey the entire contents of the world. Ocean (salt water, Akkadian: idmar-ra-tum) Babylon (Akkadian: tin.tirki), divided by Euphratesġ4 - 17. Due to damage of the tablet, it appears that three islands are missing from the lower corner.ġ3. Within the center of the map are seven labelled areas that appear to represent cities. The Euphrates River is shown running from the mountains above, through Babylon, to the marshes below. The southern marshes are indicated at the bottom of the map by two parallel lines, and a curved line near the top shows the Zagros Mountains. Eight triangular areas labeled as “Regions” or “Islands” surround the Salt Sea, and are labeled with distances, descriptions of the regions, and descriptions of great heroes and mythical beasts that lived in each region. Babylon is surrounded by two concentric circles that represent the ocean, named “bitter water” or the “salt sea.” It is labeled with Babylon, Assyria, and Elam. It contains carefully etched images and cuneiform writing. The tablet contains a map of the Mesopotamian world, with Babylon in the center. At 122 x 82 mm, the small map gives us a glimpse into how the Babylonians viewed the world around them, both physically and spiritually. Now housed at the British Museum, the damaged clay tablet dates back to 600 BC, and depicts an early interpretation of the layout of the world. It was discovered on the banks of the Euphrates River, and published in 1899. Please support TEd/ assembly kit support on the forums to try helping us all get info from CA, nodes is literally one of the only steps back we are and a couple of other glitches such as 15m walls not letting troops off too is a big one.A damaged clay tablet discovered in the late 1800s in Sippar, Iraq is said to be the oldest map of the world. as a defender they do spawn more inword and dont charge at you immediatly which dose allow you to have some sorta siege feeling of charging in the fortress but as said they are still a bit off on terms of doing either of these actions properly.

just dont give them towers for now and stick to giving them catapaults. due to this, this is also the first map I expermented with AI hints and some more options and Attacking wise the AI dose at least a bit better then before. One inaccuracy I will state though is I added 2 bridges, this was for design purposes and to not make too strict a choke point.ĪI operates as ud expect still, a bit odd but I will announce were trying to get somwere and hope to with patience, Seige Ai nodes is our main problem and AI will not react the same without them. Persian Rome II imported models were used in this map but Sassinid walls had to replace Persias for at the time they didnt work but now they do but sassinids walls actually go quite well for this map so ima keep them. 3 capture points and several tower points especially in the heavily defended middle temple squares. This is defended by main walls and a river and cinedel wall. This represents Ancient Babylon which was Babylon before the era Rome II took place in and is spose to represent one of its highpoints in its lifetime. This fortress is my attempt to be almost as accurate as possible, including every temple from Etimaki itself to Marduk temple, to even Esagila. Welcome to Babylon, one of the greatest cities of the ancient world.

Babylonia map 2 theme