Age Of Gold For Babylon
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At the beginning of the sixth century BC under the rule of
Neubuchadnezzar, Babylon became reborn from the recent successful conquests
and new wealth. After the Babylonians had promoted resistance under
Sennacherib, their city had been destroyed only one hundred years earlier.
Babylon first bloss ....
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.... make his capital a masterpiece in
its self. His spendthrift ways resulted in a city of awe. The entrance to
Babylon, the Ishtar Gate, was decorated with glazed bricks and tiles of
many beautiful colors.
One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Hanging Gardens of
Babylon, was constructed inside the walls rising 82 feet high similar in
shape to a ziggurat. It is thought that this masterpiece was build to
please one of the king's Persian concubines who longed for the mountains of
her homela ....
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