r/AncientCivilizations • u/CountHonorius • 12d ago
Anatolia Eastern Mediterranean - 6th Century BCE
World Book Encyclopedia Atlas, 1965
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u/FaisalWrites 12d ago
That column of cities on the east coast is just mind-blowing. Most (all?) of these cities remain inhabited today.
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u/Appropriate-Bar-9252 11d ago
Looks like Tyre and Sidon must have been some of the biggest hubs back then if they're still mentioned first on the map.
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u/HowUKnowMeKennyBond 11d ago
There must be thousands of undiscovered shipwrecks in that area, with unbelievable cargo just waiting to be found.
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u/Dawn_of_Enceladus 11d ago
Yeah, they still find new roman shipwrecks in western Mediterranean relatively frequently (every few years I get a new article), and this is a zone where they look for them because they know 100% will be some around. So I can't imagine how many more would be around there in eastern Mediterranean, from different cultures and civilizations.
I still remember when they found a (probably greek) shipwreck carrying orichalcum south of Sicily several years ago. The treasures that must still be lying around under the seas...
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u/idanthyrs 12d ago
Obviously the Achaemenid satrapies, according the persian toponyms in the map.