What was the map of China like before the earth theory was introduced into China? What was the map of the world drawn by China at that time?

Some people speculate that the origin of maps predates that of words. Because the original image is like a painting, it faithfully draws mountains, roads and trees into the map, which is a guide for hunting and going out to work or travel.

According to historical records, maps were born in China as early as 1000 BC. There is a record in Hanshu Jiaoyi Record: "Yu received the gold of nine shepherds and cast Jiuding, such as Kyushu". There is a saying in Zuo Zhuan: "I cherish Xia Fang's virtue and far-reaching things, pay tribute to Jin Jiu's grazing, cast a tripod and make statues, and prepare everything to make people know the treachery of God."

According to Zhu, a thinker in Song Dynasty, the classic Classic of Mountains and Seas in later generations evolved from Jiuding Map in Xia Dynasty, and it is also an original map. Mountains, water, animals, plants, minerals, etc. They are all drawn on the "Five Zangs and Three Classics Map" in the classic mountain and sea classics, and marked with the directions, which is a relatively standardized map form. It can be said that China had an original map in the Xia Dynasty.

The oldest existing map in the world is a map carved on pottery in the city of Gasu Cuba (in today's Iraq) in northern Babylon, Cuba. The picture shows the city of Babylon, Tigris River and Euphrates River in Cuba. It was carved in about 2500 BC, about 4000 years ago.

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Introduction to World Map: A world map is a map depicting the whole earth's surface. It is drawn by map projection method and represented by marks, figures and words on the plane. There are longitude, latitude, national boundaries, place names, oceans, land and so on. It plays an important role in geography, politics and natural science. The map of the world has been drawn by scholars through field trips since ancient times. After the satellite appeared, the map was drawn more accurately.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-World Map