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Forgotten Scripts and Maps of Antiquity
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Philosopher who created one of the first world maps in Greece
  • 2. A chart detailing the features of bodies of water
  • 4. Wedge-shaped script used on early clay maps
  • 5. Ancient city where some of the earliest clay maps were found
  • 6. Latin for 'tablet,' often used for ancient map inscriptions
  • 8. Decorative frame enclosing map titles or important text
  • 12. Ancient geographer whose atlas shaped medieval cartography
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  • 3. Manuscript book format used to store early maps and texts
  • 7. Latin term referring to early medieval maps or cloths
  • 9. Alphabetic characters used by Germanic peoples on stones and maps
  • 10. Greek scholar who first calculated the Earth's circumference
  • 11. Ancient maritime guide describing coastlines and ports
  • 13. Place name used in ancient geography and mapping
  • 14. Symbolic characters often carved on ancient maps

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