There was a time when Armenia was considered the center of the world. According to classical scholars of the old: “The Armenian plateau stands equidistant from the Euxine and the Caspianseas on the north, and between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean on the south. With the first it is connected by the Acampsis, with the second by...
The map of the world according to Posidonius 1st c. BCE
Armenia at the center of the world according to Greek historian, geographer, philosopher, politician, astronomer and teacher, from 1st century BCE. Acclaimed as the greatest polymath of his age. The map was produced in 1630, according to ideas by Posidonius and drawn by Petrus Bertius.
