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ENVSOCTY 1HA3 – Society, Culture & Environment (2022-23 – Fall)
Activity #1 – Critical Thinking & Map Interpretation Skills
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Q1. Looking through the maps of the earliest period (i.e., BC-1200s; maps 1-4), choose one and try to figure out what part
of the world it is depicting. Briefly explain your thinking below.
Map 1 (BC-1200). This is the Babylonian World Map. The map measures five-by-three and depicts the world as a flat disc
that is surrounded by an ocean. Euphrates river and Babylon are shown by the pair of rectangles at the center, and the
circular blobs represent the neighboring cities, that is Susa and Assyria.
Q2. Looking through the maps in the second time period (i.e., 1500-early 180...