<< Our Photo Pages >> Babylon. - Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq
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Multi-periodSite Name: Babylon. Alternative Name: Bāb-ilim, Babil, BabiluCountry: Iraq Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Al Hillah Nearest Village: As Sawrah
Latitude: 32.551450N Longitude: 44.379331E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The Babylonian kingdom flourished under the rule of the famous King, Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE). In 1595 BCE, Babylon was captured by the Hittites and shortly thereafter became part of the Kassite kingdom until 1155 BCE. Then it was captured by the Elamites but was still the capital of Babylonia in the 2nd and 1st millennia BCE. Babylon was occupied by he Assyrians between the late 8th and early 7th century BCE. Nabopolassar overthrew the Assyrians in 626 BCE, and Babylon became the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. His son Nebuchadnezzar II (605 BC–562 BCE) made Babylon into one of the wonders of the ancient world. Nebuchadnezzar ordered the complete reconstruction of many public buildings, including the construction of the Ishtar Gate which survives today in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. In 539 BC the Neo-Babylonian Empire fell to Cyrus the Great, king of Persia and remained Persian until Alexander the Great's conquest. A tablet dated 275 BCE states that the inhabitants of Babylon were evicted, after which the site became derelict until rediscovered by archaeologists. German archaeologist Robert Koldewey started excavations in 1899.
Site currently under threat from water damage and a history of neglect, dubious reconstruction and previous military occupation.
Note: Modern curses threaten Iraq's ancient wonder of Babylon
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