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Babylon (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 33 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.5500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 044 24 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 44.4000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was a thriving ancient center on the Euphrates river. It was the capital of the empire of Hammurabi by the 18th century BCE; it was taken by Assyria in 690 BCE. It flourished under Nebuchadnezzar in the 6th century BCE; taken by Cyrus the Great in 538 BCE and by Alexander in 331 BCE. The city declined in the 3rd century BCE. Noted for the Ishtar Gate and the Hanging Gardens, which were one of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and believed to be the source for the legendary Biblical Tower of Babel. |
Names: |
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| Babylon (preferred,C,O,display,English-P,U,N)
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............ | Greek name of the city, from Babylonian "bab-ili" |
| Babylon (Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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| Babylonia (C,O)
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| Babylone (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Babilonia (C,O)
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| Babil (C,O)
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| Tell Babil (C,O)
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| Bab-ili (C,V,Semitic language,U,N)
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............ | from Babylonian cuneiform script, meaning in Semitic "the gate of god" |
| Babel (C,V)
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| Babhel (C,V)
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| Babylonian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| ابل, (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Bābil (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Bābili (C,V)
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| Βαβυλών (C,V,Greek,U)
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| בָּבֶל (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| בבל (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Babilu (H,V)
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| Din-tir (H,V)
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............ | Sumerian ideograph name, meaning "life of the forest" |
| Ka-Dingir-Ra (H,V)
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| Kading'irra (H,V)
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............ | another Sumerian form of the name, meaning "gate of god" |
| Su-anna (H,V)
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............ | of uncertain origin |
| Uru-azagga (H,V)
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............ | meaning "the holy city" |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Bābil (governorate) (P) |
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Babylon (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Babylonia (former nation/state/empire) (P) |
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Babylon (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was important center by 3000 BC; residents were removed to newly-founded capital Seleucia in 275 BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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since 19th century |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Babylonian Empire of Hammurabi of the Amorites, 1700 BC; of Neo-Babylonian Empire of Nabopolassar of Chaldea, 626 BCE |
| commercial center (H) |
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| administrative center (H) |
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| Mesopotamian (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Babylonia .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia, Al-ʻIrāq) [7593899] |
| located on .... |
Persian Royal Road .......... (road) |
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(World, Asia) [8711714] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Al-Ḥillah .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Al-ʻIrāq, Bābil) [1079385] |
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