2007-01-12 02:20:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Babylonia was a great empire at one time. Its capital city was Babylon. At the time, it was the center of civilization. Do the names Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar ring a bell? Babylon is mention repeatedly (and historically) in the Old Testament of the Bible. Babylon is also mentioned in the New Testament ( in Revelations) but only as a metaphor. Have you seen the pictures of the Ishtar Gate (the big blue gate) that Saddam Hussein had restored? It was one of the gates to the city of Babylon. If I recall correctly, Alexander the Great died in Babylon.
2007-01-12 06:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it did, in modern day Iraq, (Mesopotamia). One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient world was built there: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which were built by an Assyrian king for his wife whom missed her homeland.
2007-01-12 17:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by ImAssyrian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes........in Iraq.
Babylon was a city in Mesopotamia, the ruins of which can be found in present-day Babil Province, Iraq, about 50 miles (80 km) south of Baghdad.
2007-01-12 10:25:26 · answer #3 · answered by southwind 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most very definitely. There is mush archeological evidence to show this and there are many books about the Babylonian Empire
2007-01-12 10:26:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In between two rivers. Tigris and Euphrates
2007-01-12 10:40:30 · answer #5 · answered by sofista 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋