Imagine you're walking through a forest and don’t know where you’re going. The first maps were like a picture of the land that helped people find their way, just like a treasure map! These maps had simple shapes, like mountains and rivers, to show where you could go next. People used them to travel across big distances and even discover new places.
Examples
- A child drawing a simple map with stick figures and a sun for directions.
- A sailor using a clay tablet map to find his way across the sea.
- A trader showing other people how to follow a path using a rough sketch of a mountain.
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See also
- How Did Ancient Maps Help People Travel?
- How Did Ancient Civilizations Trade Without Modern Money?
- How Did Ancient Maps Influence Modern Geography?
- How Did the Concept of Time Originate?
- How Did the Alphabet Originate?
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