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The City of Babylon - A History, c. 2000 BC - AD 116 (Hardcover)
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The City of Babylon - A History, c. 2000 BC - AD 116 (Hardcover)
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The 2000-year story of Babylon sees it moving from a city-state to
the centre of a great empire of the ancient world. It remained a
centre of kingship under the empires of Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar,
Darius, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids and the Parthians. Its
city walls were declared to be a Wonder of the World while its
ziggurat won fame as the Tower of Babel. Visitors to Berlin can
admire its Ishtar Gate, and the supposed location of its elusive
Hanging Garden is explained. Worship of its patron god Marduk
spread widely while its well-trained scholars communicated legal,
administrative and literary works throughout the ancient world,
some of which provide a backdrop to Old Testament and Hittite
texts. Its science also laid the foundations for Greek and Arab
astronomy through a millennium of continuous astronomical
observations. This accessible and up-to-date account is by one of
the world's leading authorities.
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