Well, I did ask for a city map assignment, because I haven't done one. Here is what Snodsy gave me:

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Historical City Map - NIPPUR - TOP DOWN VIEW
Time Period - 2500 BCE Mesopotamia - Early Dynastic Period.
Bronze age for weapons and decorations, Stone age for farming and agriculture. Sumerian cuneiform writing is developing.

There were approximately 18 Sumerian City States along the Euphrates River at this time, with warfare common amongst them, each with a walled city, farmland, grazing fields, orchards surrounding them and arid landscapes between the cities.

The city of NIPPUR is the regional religious center with approximately 20-30,000 occupants. The temple of Enlil (storm god) was a regional pilgrimage for all and is the main building on the site. 3 main roads lead into the city- West from Susa, South from Isin, Northwest to Kish.

A regional map could be included as well as an icon or more detail illustration for the temple Enlil if desired.
Label important buildings, temple, rivers and canels, and other important geographical elements.
Including a scale and compass rose should be period specific.
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Nippur sat on top of a sort of plateau hill next to the Euphrates River. It had its own canal system and roads, as well as a city wall.

So my first problem was to depict the elevations within the city, and lay out the basics of city wall and river/canals as known from modern excavations.

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Nippur 07.jpg

So far that didn't come out too awful, although it might be too dark.

Unfortunately, I haven't the slightest idea what to do next ....