The map shows Mesopotamia surrounded by a double ... represent different cities and tribes in Mesopotamia including Babylon and another rectangle represents the Euphrates river.

At the world's center sits the Euphrates River and the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. Labels written in cuneiform, an ancient text, note each location on the map, according to The British ...

Photograph by Granger Collection/Age Fotostock Babylon was famous for its Hanging Gardens, which some believe may have actually been in the Assyrian capital, Nineveh, where this relief ...