Tuesday, May 06, 2014

40 Maps That Explain The Middle East

http://www.vox.com/a/maps-explain-the-middle-east

People started farming here in 9000 BC, and by around 2500 BC the Sumerians formed the first complex society that resembles what we'd now call a "country," complete with written laws and a political system. Put differently, there are more years between Sumerians and ancient Romans than there are between ancient Romans and us.

---Steve

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