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Why do most maps put north at the top?
An Akkadian map from about 2300 BCE has east on top, Han Chinese maps put south up, and in 1979 an Australian redrew the world upside down on purpose.
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An Akkadian map from about 2300 BCE has east on top, Han Chinese maps put south up, and in 1979 an Australian redrew the world upside down on purpose.
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