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Babylon City Mesopotamia

Babylon was an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq that was first excavated in 1899. According to the Bible, Babylon was the site of the Tower of Babel, where God caused the people to speak different languages. The city was also mentioned unfavorably in other biblical books like Daniel and Jeremiah. Babylon was well known for its impressive walls and buildings, as a center of learning and culture, and for establishing an early legal code and the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

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Babylon City Mesopotamia

Babylon was an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq that was first excavated in 1899. According to the Bible, Babylon was the site of the Tower of Babel, where God caused the people to speak different languages. The city was also mentioned unfavorably in other biblical books like Daniel and Jeremiah. Babylon was well known for its impressive walls and buildings, as a center of learning and culture, and for establishing an early legal code and the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

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Babylon is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in

modern-day Iraq 59 miles (94 kilometres) southwest of Baghdad. The name is


thought to derive from bav-il or bav-ilimwhich, in the Akkadian language of the
time, meant ‘Gate of God’ or `Gate of the Gods’ and `Babylon’ coming from Greek.
The city owes its fame (or infamy) to the many references the Bible makes to it; all
of which are unfavourable. In the Book of Genesis, chapter 11, Babylon is featured
in the story of The Tower of Babel and the Hebrews claimed the city was named
for the confusion which ensued after God caused the people to begin speaking in
different languages so they would not be able to complete their great tower to the
heavens (the Hebrew word bavel means `confusion’).

Babylon also appears prominently in the biblical books of Daniel, Jeremiah, and
Isaiah, among others, and, most notably, The Book of Revelation. It was these
biblical references which sparked interest in Mesopotamian archaeology and the
expedition by the German archaeologist Robert Koldewey who first excavated the
ruins of Babylon in 1899 CE. Outside of the sinful reputation given it by the Bible,
the city is known for its impressive walls and buildings, its reputation as a great
seat of learning and culture, the formation of a code of law which pre-dates
the Mosaic Law, and for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon which were man-made
terraces of flora and fauna, watered by machinery, which were cited
by Herodotus as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

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