11. Answer. Yes, the Nephite worldview positioned the Land of Zarahemla more or less in the center of the Land Southward north of the Narrow Strip of Wilderness.
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11. Exhibit. We place a possible narrow strip of wilderness line (see the article "Water Fight on the River - Round Nine" in this blog) on top of our map of the rivers, then draw a crude rectangular box to represent the limits of what the Nephites may have considered their sovereign lands in the time of Parhoran (critical text orthography), Helaman I and Captain Moroni. Running two more lines between the four corners of the box gives us its center.
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| An attempt to locate the center of Nephite lands as they were circa 65 BC. |
11. Conclusion. You may play around with the dimensions and locations of the sides of this box, but most plausible scenarios of the extent of Nephite-held territory in the Land Southward at their apogee will place the Usumacinta much closer to the center of their lands than the Mezcalapa-Grijalva. Advantage Usumacinta.
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11. Running Score. Mezcalapa-Grijalva 0. Usumacinta 11.
