Map of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medes" class="extiw" title="en:Medes">Median Empire</a>, Egypt, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia" class="extiw" title="en:Lydia">Lydian Empire</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire" class="extiw" title="en:Neo-Babylonian Empire">Neo-Babyloninan Empire</a>, VI century BC. Created with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Mapping_Tools" class="extiw" title="en:Generic Mapping Tools">Generic Mapping Tools</a>, Gimp and Inkscape. Used ETOPO1 topographic data from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geophysical_Data_Center" class="extiw" title="en:National Geophysical Data Center">NGDC</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html">http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/global/global.html</a>)
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