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The winds in the world of the ancient mesopotamian civilizations.

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (1977) 58(10, Oct.1977) 1050-1055
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1977)058<1050:twitwo>2.0.co;2
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Abstract

The ancient mesopotamian civilizations, Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia did not possess the notion of astronomical directions: N, E, S and W. Orientation was determined by the directions of four principal winds. (from author's abstract)

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Neumann, J. (1977). The winds in the world of the ancient mesopotamian civilizations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 58(10, Oct.1977), 1050–1055. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1977)058<1050:twitwo>2.0.co;2

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