archaeological map of Iraq

The archaeological map of Iraq Iraq. Mudīrīyat al-Āthār al-Qadīmah al-ʻĀmmah. cartographic map government publication Maps. iq monographic Baghdad Directorate General of Antiquities 1967 eng col. map, 70 x 60 cm. "The world's first civilizations grew up in the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the region of the Middle East long known as Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning 'between two rivers'), that roughly corresponds to the territory of present-day Iraq. These ancient civilizations included Sumer, the Babylonian Empire, and the Assyrian Empire. This modern map produced by the Directorate General of Antiquities of Iraq shows the locations of archaeological sites and rock monuments in the country. The table at the lower left lists chronological periods from the Paleolithic to the Islamic. The table at the upper right lists ancient place names such as Ashur, Babylon, and Nineveh, and their equivalents in modern Arabic." World Digital Library. Includes list giving old and modern names and table of "Chronological periods." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Scale 1:1,500,000. Iraq Antiquities Maps Iraq G7611.E15 1967 .I7 Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7611e.ct000875 gm 70005037 hdl:loc.gmd/g7611e.ct000875 DLC 710422 20250607182827.9 5397985 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)