Babylon

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Babylon was an ancient Mesopotamian city-state and imperial capital renowned for its monumental architecture, advanced culture, and central role in Near Eastern history and biblical tradition.

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Generate an image of Babylon (Babylon was an ancient Mesopotamian city-state and imperial capital renowned for its monumental architecture, advanced culture, and central role in Near Eastern history and biblical tradition.)

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
city-state ⓘ
former capital ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationBy Robert Koldewey ⓘ
associatedWithMyth Tower of Babel ⓘ
linked to: Etemenanki ziggurat
associatedWithRuler Hammurabi ⓘ
Nabonidus ⓘ
Nabopolassar ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
capitalOf Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
conqueredBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria

Cyrus the Great ⓘ
Persian Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Sennacherib ⓘ
culturalRegion Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
declinePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
excavationStartYear 1899 ⓘ
flourishedDuring Neo-Babylonian period ⓘ
reign of Hammurabi ⓘ
foundedBy Amorites ⓘ
hasLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
Sumerian (scholarly use) ⓘ
hasTemple Esagila temple complex ⓘ
hasWritingSystem cuneiform ⓘ
hasZiggurat Etemenanki ⓘ
linked to: Etemenanki ziggurat
influenced Christian eschatology ⓘ
Jewish thought ⓘ
later Mesopotamian culture ⓘ
knownFor Ishtar Gate ⓘ
Processional Way ⓘ
advanced legal traditions ⓘ
astronomy and astrology ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
literature ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
religious temples ⓘ
role in biblical tradition ⓘ
ziggurats ⓘ
locatedIn Mesopotamia ⓘ
modern-day Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraq
locatedNear Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
majorDeity Marduk ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Daniel ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
modernSiteNear Hillah, Iraq ⓘ
partOf ancient Near East ⓘ
symbolIn apocalyptic literature ⓘ
symbolizes oppression and exile in Jewish tradition ⓘ
pride and hubris in biblical tradition ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2019 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ

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Referenced by (466)

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Halakha → developedIn → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Mesopotamia → contains → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Mesopotamia → contains → Babylon ⓘ
Phoenician civilization → tradedWith → Babylonian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Zedekiah → capturedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
subject linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah
linked to: Babylon
Zedekiah → deathPlace → Babylon ⓘ
subject linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah
Zedekiah → eyesPutOutBy → Babylonians ⓘ
subject linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah
linked to: Babylon
Zedekiah → takenTo → Babylon ⓘ
subject linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah
Zedekiah → brokeTreatyWith → Babylon ⓘ
subject linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah
Neo-Babylonian Empire → notableWork → Walls of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Neo-Babylonian Empire → hasPart → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Neo-Babylonian Empire → archaeologicalSite → ruins of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Zion → contrastedWith → Babylon (in biblical and later literature) ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar II → capital → Babylon ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II → built → fortifications of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Jehoiachin → takenTo → Babylon ⓘ
subject linked to: King Jehoiachin of Judah
Jehoiachin → imprisonedIn → Babylon ⓘ
subject linked to: King Jehoiachin of Judah
Jehoiachin → placeOfDeath → Babylon ⓘ
subject linked to: King Jehoiachin of Judah
Jehoiachin → burialPlace → Babylon (traditional assumption, exact site unknown) ⓘ
subject linked to: King Jehoiachin of Judah
linked to: Babylon
Second Isaiah → setting → Babylon ⓘ
Ezra–Nehemiah → setting → Babylon ⓘ
Cyrus Cylinder → placeOfOrigin → Babylon ⓘ
Cyrus Cylinder → countryOfOrigin → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Montauk Branch → terminus → Babylon ⓘ
Seven Bowls → linkedTo → the great city Babylon ⓘ
subject linked to: the Seven Bowls
linked to: Babylon
Merkavah mysticism → geographicalContext → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Belshazzar → governedFrom → Babylon ⓘ
Babylon → culturalRegion → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Zadig → setting → Babylon ⓘ
Hittite Empire → rival → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Assyria → culturalInfluenceOn → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Code of Hammurabi → countryOfOrigin → Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Marduk → worshipCenter → Babylon ⓘ
Marduk → domain → Babylon ⓘ
Susanna → setting → Babylon ⓘ
Intolerance → setting → ancient Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Ezekiel → residence → Babylon ⓘ
Chebar canal → associatedCity → Babylon (alternative proposal) ⓘ
linked to: Babylon
Jekonias → takenTo → Babylon ⓘ