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  2. Babylonian Map of the World - Wikipedia

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    The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.

  3. Al-Yahudu Tablets - Wikipedia

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    The Al-Yahudu tablets are a collection of about 200 clay tablets from the sixth and fifth centuries BCE on the exiled Judean community in Babylonia following the destruction of the First Temple. [1] [2] [3] They contain information on the physical condition of the exiles from Judah and their financial condition in Babylon. [4]

  4. Geology of Florida - Wikipedia

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    No land animals were present in Florida prior to the Miocene. The largest deposits of rock phosphate in the United States are found in Florida. [1] Most of this is in Bone Valley in central and west-central Florida. [2] Extended systems of underwater caves, sinkholes and springs are found throughout the state and supply most of the water used ...

  5. Knowing all the angles: Ancient Babylonians used tricky ... - AOL

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    That is the finding of a study published on Thursday that analyzed four clay tablets dating from 350 to 50 BC featuring the wedge-shaped ancient Babylonian cuneiform script describing how to track ...

  6. Yale Babylonian Collection - Wikipedia

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    The collection holds Babylonian clay tablet YBC 7289 (c. 1800–1600 BC). [1] The tablet displays an approximation of the square root of 2 . Comprising some 45,000 items, the Yale Babylonian Collection is an independent branch of the Yale University Library housed on the Yale University campus in Sterling Memorial Library at New Haven ...

  7. Early world maps - Wikipedia

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    The ninth leaf contains a circular world map measuring 25 cm (9.8 in) in circumference. And the final leaf contains the Ptolemaic world map on Ptolemy's first projection, with graduation. Some believe Bianco's maps were the first to correctly portray the coast of Florida, as a macro-peninsula is attached to a large island labeled Antillia.

  8. Clay tablet - Wikipedia

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    Sumerian clay tablet, currently housed in the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, inscribed with the text of the poem Inanna and Ebih by the priestess Enheduanna, the first author whose name is known [8] The Babylonian Plimpton 322 clay tablet, with numbers written in cuneiform script.

  9. Jehoiachin's Rations Tablets - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Tablets from the royal archives of Nebuchadnezzar II, emperor of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, were unearthed in the ruins of Babylon that contain food rations paid to captives and craftsmen who lived in and around the city. On one of the tablets, "Ya’u-kīnu, king of the land of Yahudu" is mentioned along with his five sons listed as ...