130 The Median, Lydian, and Chaldean (Babylonian) empires around 600 BC in a map by William Robert Shepherd ... Credit: Ken Mayer / Wikimedia Commons – Flickr Nebuchadnezzar II was the greatest king ...

Nebuchadnezzar was a warrior-king, often described as the greatest military leader of the Neo-Babylonian empire. He ruled from 605 – 562 BCE in the area around the Tigris-Euphrates basin.

Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created between 2,600 and 2,900 years ago. The Imago Mundi (tablet) provided the ...