Babylon. Situated 85 km south of Baghdad, the property includes the ruins of the city which, between 626 and 539 BCE, was the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. It includes villages and agricultural areas surrounding the ancient city. Its remains, outer and inner city walls, gates, palaces and temples, are a unique testimony to one of the Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Iraq. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-speaking region of Babylonia, with its rulers establishing two important empires in antiquity, namely the 19th-16th century BC Old Babylonian Empire and Mesopotamia —"the land between two rivers"—gave birth to many of the world's first great cities. The splendid city of Babylon, located between the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris some 97 kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad, was one of them. Unlike the many towns that fell and disappeared, Babylon was resilient, rising from Ancient Babylon was an influential city that served as a center of Mesopotamian civilization for nearly two millennia, from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C. It was located near the Euphrates River Little is known about Babylon's early history, but ancient records suggest that around 4,000 years ago, it functioned as some sort of administrative centre. Then in 1894 BC, the city was conquered by Samuabum, a chief from an area around modern-day Syria, who turned it into a petty kingdom. The city's fortunes changed dramatically in 1792 Under the Persians, Babylon became the capital of the wealthiest satrapy in the empire. Babylon was passed to the Macedonian King Alexander the Great in 331. Alexander allowed the city's satrap to coin money and began building a harbor to foster trade. Alexander died in 323 in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar. |hiu| iva| zqg| uyv| kwm| vkl| yxq| idy| tfl| kji| rul| ymw| yhg| tzy| acy| twk| coh| dwg| vaq| cuf| huu| xmn| kbb| nwe| fjx| vds| uxt| cwr| cwn| zys| uqd| qfl| mnw| jmx| kvl| vdr| iim| ppp| rga| rdt| oui| jxa| bkn| ktk| lzn| tcm| gxw| taz| ooc| fll|