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Why would it be built close to major population centers? Planetary transport wouldn't be an issue for the Forerunners, and neither for humans by the time they could be expected to discover and use the portal.

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 The "two great rivers" between which Marontik lay may have been the [[Wikipedia:Tigris|Tigris]] and the [[Wikipedia:Euphrates|Euphrates]], which would place the city in prehistoric [[Wikipedia:Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]]. Many creationists suspect that the biblical [[Eden (place)|Garden of Eden]], where God created mankind, was situated at the headwaters of these rivers. Indeed, Mesopotamia is regarded as one of the main [[Wikipedia:Cradle of civilization|cradles of civilization]].
-However, ''Halo: Rebirth'' states (from Riser's perspective) that the [[Portal at Voi]] is "not far" from Marontik's location. This wording suggests that the city was not located in Mesopotamia, as the Portal is located in modern [[Kenya]] rather than the Middle East. Indeed, humanity is theorized to have originated in prehistoric Kenya between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago. It is likely that the Portal would be built as close to major population centers as possible, lending credence to the notion that Marontik was situated in what is now East Africa.
+However, ''Halo: Rebirth'' states (from Riser's perspective) that the [[Portal at Voi]] is "not far" from Marontik's location. This wording suggests that the city was not located in Mesopotamia, as the Portal is located in modern [[Kenya]] rather than the Middle East. Indeed, humanity is theorized to have originated in prehistoric Kenya between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago.
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