[SunkenCiv]

East is the direction of the sunrise, good a reason as any. :^) In Egypt the conceptual orientation was south to north due to the Nile river.

[Flick Lives]

East is the direction of the sunrise, good a reason as any. :^) In Egypt the conceptual orientation was south to north due to the Nile river.
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Sounds logical. interesting to think about cartography before the invention of a compass.