of rivers and canals Map reveals how much it would have cost to travel on roads and seas across the empire in 200 CE It calculates the route based on the season, or mode of transport chosen - and ...

Ancient Near East is the birthplace of agriculture, great empires, cities, sciences, arts, mathematics, astronomy, and early writing systems. The present-day Near East is the cradle of the world's ...

during the height of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Although its scientific accuracy cannot compare to today’s tools like Google Maps, it provides unique insights into how ancient Babylonians viewed ...