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In Mesopotamian cosmology, four rivers flowing out of the garden of creation, which is the center of the world, define the four corners of the world. [1] From the point of view of the Akkadians, the northern geographical horizon was marked by Subartu, the west by Mar.tu, the east by Elam and the south by Sumer; later rulers of all of Mesopotamia, such as Cyrus, claimed among their titles LUGAL ...
King of the Four Corners of the World (Sumerian: lugal-an-ub-da-limmu-ba, [1] Akkadian: šarru kibrat arbaim, [2] šar kibrāti arbaʾi, [3] or šar kibrāt erbetti [4]), alternatively translated as King of the Four Quarters of the World, King of the Heaven's Four Corners or King of the Four Corners of the Universe [5] and often shortened to ...
This division fit the Renaissance sensibilities of the time, which also divided the world into four seasons, four classical elements, four cardinal directions, four classical virtues, etc. The four parts of the world [2] or the four corners of the world refers to Africa (the "south"), the Americas (the "west"), Asia (the "east"), and Europe ...
The Four Continents, also known as The Four Rivers of Paradise or The Four Corners of the World, is a painting by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, made between 1612 and 1615. Rubens painted this piece during a time of truce in the Eighty Years' War known as the Twelve Years' Truce.
Four corners of the world may also refer to: Four continents, a 16th-century European view of the globe; 4 Corners of the World, label on the logo of Four Corners Records; The Four Corners of the World, a 1917 short-story collection by A. E. W. Mason; Ad quattuor cardines mundi ("to the four corners of the earth"), motto of St Cross College, Oxford
The "World’s Most Travelled Man" has revealed his travel tips which include enjoying a glass of red wine, opting for lightweight suitcases, and using toilet paper as a handy tool for packing on ...
The similar title of šar kibrāt erbetti ("King of the Four Corners of the World") may have required successful military campaigns in all four points of the compass. Some scholars believe that the titles of King of the Universe and King of the Four Corners of the World, with near identical meanings, differed in that King of the Universe ...
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