Description: A map of western Asia after the fall of Assyria, subtitled "Greatness of Babylon." This map is color-coded to show the empires which arose from the former Assyria, including the territories of Babylonia, Media, Egypt, and Lydia. The map shows important cities of the period, using either the classical, cuneiform, or modern names, or in the case of Hamadan (Iran), all three (Ecbatana, Hagmatana, and Hamadan). An inset map details the area and fortification (Median Wall) near Babylon, showing main roads, the Naarsares Canal, and the neighboring cities of Artemita (Chalasar), Cunaxa, Sittace, Seleucia, Ctesiphon, Borsippa, Dorsita, and Apamea. A second insert is a city plan of Tyrus (Lebenon), showing Old Tyrus (taken by Nebuchadnezzar in 585 BC), Alexander's Dyke, the temple of Hercules, Agenorium, the inner harbor, Aegyptian harbor, and the Island of Hercules.
Place Names: Southwest Asia, Assyria, Babylonia, Cilicia, Damascus, Egypt, Israel, Jerusalem, Lydia, Salamis, Sidon, Tyru
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries
Keywords: Asia After the Fall of Assyria, borders, political, major political subdivisions, oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries, Unknown, about 606 BC
Source: Robert H. Labberton, New Historical Atlas and General History (New York, NY: Townsend MacCoun, 1886) Plate VII
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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