n 500 miles / 800 km Mediterranean Sea Aegean Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea Persian Gulf Red Sea 20˚ E 35˚ N 25˚ N 40˚ N 45˚ N 30˚ E 40˚ E 50˚ E Nile R. Tigris R. Euphrates R. Danube R. Dnieper R. Halys R. Don R. Araxes R. Volga R. Kura R. Dead Sea Kerkha R. Plateau Cyprus Crete Rhodes Pindus Mts. Rhodope Mts. Balkin Mts. Carpathian Mts. Desert Mt. Ararat Syro-Arabian Desert Arabia Salt Desert Plateau Kurdistan Mts. Caucasus Mts. Pontus Mts. Taurus Mts. Elburz Mts. Mesopotamia Zagros Mts. Kanish Hattusha Ebla Ugarit Hamath Qatna Byblos Sidon Tyre Shechem Jericho Aleppo Tarsus Mersin Damascus Troy Haran Carchemish Mari Asshur Nineveh Nuzi Beersheba Agade Babylon Kish Nippur Isin Lagash Anshan Erech/Uruk Larsa Eridu Maikop Borodino Dupljaja Poliochni Knossos Urkish Ur Susa Memphis On Thebes Athens Egyptians Amorites Gutians Hurrians Akkadians Sumerians Elamites Hittites Hellenes BcResources.net © ncBc 5110000-ane-ear-bronze-map-bcrx 3/1/2014 Early Bronze Age Ancient Near East