Northern lands
| Modern country name | Modern region name | Modern subregion name | Modern physiographic region name | Ancient region name | Ancient country name | Earliest recorded claimants to make direct contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | Anatolia | Mediterranean region | Mediterranean basin | Upper sea [a] | ||
| Amanus mountains [e] | Mashu and the Cedar forest [f] | |||||
| Eastern Anatolia region | Mount Ararat | Hurum mountain [i] | Aratta [j] |
Central lands
| Modern physiographic region name | Modern region name | Modern subregion name | Modern country name | Modern administrative division name | Modern physiographic subregion name | Ancient region name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tigris-Euphrates | Mesopotamia | Upper Mesopotamia | Iraq | Upper Zab | Erbil | Gutium |
| Lower Zab | Halabja | Lulubum | ||||
| ΚΏAdhaim | Kirkuk | Hamazi | ||||
| Shubur | ||||||
| Diyala | Sulaymaniyah | Simurrum | ||||
| Akkad | ||||||
| Central Mesopotamia | ||||||
| Babil | Kish | |||||
| Lower Mesopotamia | ||||||
| Al-Qadisiyah | Sumer | |||||
| Dhi Qar | Gu-Edin |
Western lands
Eastern lands
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Southern lands
Dilmun
Magan
See also
References
Notes
- ^ Sumerian: π π π πΊ π π π, romanized: iginimmaΕ‘e aΚΎabak; transliterated: igi.nim. ma.Ε‘e a. ab. ba; anglicized: Iginimmashe AΚΎabak; lit. 'upper sea'; translated: Upper Sea
- ^ Lugalannemundu may have r. c. 2450, c. 2400, c. 2350, c. 2340 BCE.
- ^ Lugalzagesi may have r. c. 2355 β c. 2330, c. 2340 β c. 2316, c. 2350 BCE.
- ^ Sargon may have r. c. 2335 β c. 2280, c. 2334 β c. 2279, c. 2350, c. 2340 BCE.
- ^ Sumerian: πΌπ π π― π; transliterated: ama.a.numβ αΈ«ur.saΕ
- ^ Sumerian: π³ π π π»; kur. ΕeΕ‘erin. kud; lit. 'Mountains of Cedar-felling'
- ^ Gilgamesh may have r. c. 3000, c. 2700, c. 2670, c. 2650 BCE.
- ^ Naram-Suen may have r. c. 2254 β c. 2218 BCE.
- ^ Sumerian: π― π π π³ πͺ π; αΈ«ur. ru. um kur.ku.ra; lit. 'Mountain Cave'
- ^ Sumerian: πΆπ ; arattaki
- ^ Enmerkar may have r. c. 3500, c. 3400, c. 3100, c. 2750, c. 2730 BCE.