<P> Four thousand years ago , according to Herodotus and confirmed by Diodorus Siculus , asphalt was used in the construction of the walls and towers of Babylon ; there were oil pits near Ardericca ( near Babylon ) , and a pitch spring on Zacynthus ( Ionian islands , Greece ) . Great quantities of it were found on the banks of the river Issus , one of the tributaries of the Euphrates . Ancient Persian tablets indicate the medicinal and lighting uses of petroleum in the upper levels of their society . </P>
<P> Four thousand years ago , according to Herodotus and confirmed by Diodorus Siculus , asphalt was used in the construction of the walls and towers of Babylon ; there were oil pits near Ardericca ( near Babylon ) , and a pitch spring on Zacynthus ( Ionian islands , Greece ) . Great quantities of it were found on the banks of the river Issus , one of the tributaries of the Euphrates . Ancient Persian tablets indicate the medicinal and lighting uses of petroleum in the upper levels of their society . </P>
where was oil first discovered in the world
where was oil first discovered in the world
near Babylon Ionian islands , Greece
near Babylon Ionian islands , Greece