According to the authors of To the Ends of the Earth: 100 Maps that Changed the World this is the oldest authenticated map (and town plan) in the world!
This map is perhaps 4000 years older than the oldest known alphabetical writing system - Boom! (plus it comes complete with an erupting volcano in the background - Kaboom!)
The 6200 BC map of Çatalhöyük in Turkey prefaces many discussions of maps and mapping. It is used to situate contemporary mapping as part of a long trajectory – “humans have always made maps.”
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