- Babylonia - Wikipedia
Babylonia ( ˌbæbɪˈloʊniə ; Akkadian: 𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠, māt Akkadī) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based on the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria) It emerged as an Akkadian-populated but Amorite -ruled state c 1894 BC
- Babylonia | History, Map, Culture, Facts | Britannica
Babylonia, ancient cultural region occupying southeastern Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern southern Iraq from around Baghdad to the Persian Gulf) The king largely responsible for Babylonia’s rise to power was Hammurabi (reigned c 1792–1750 BCE)
- Smarthistory – Babylonia, an introduction
From around 1500 B C E a dynasty of Kassite kings took control in Babylon and unified southern Iraq into the kingdom of Babylonia The Babylonian cities were the centers of great scribal learning and produced writings on divination, astrology, medicine and mathematics
- Babylon - World History Encyclopedia
The city was so powerful and famous after Hammurabi's conquests that all of southern Mesopotamia came to be called Babylonia
- Where Was Babylon And What Happened To It? - WorldAtlas
Babylon is one of the most famous cities of antiquity Babylon was the capital of the southern Mesopotamia (Babylonia) from the early second millennium to the early first millennium BCE
- Babylonia [ushistory. org]
Geographically, the empire of Babylonia occupied the middle and southern part of Mesopotamia Situated between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, it stretched from the present-day city of Baghdad south to the Persian Gulf
- Babylonian Empire - New World Encyclopedia
Babylonia, named for its capital city of Babylon, was an ancient state in Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad The earliest mention of Babylon can be found in a tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad, dating back to the twenty-third century B C E
- Babylonian civilization: characteristics, history, culture
The Babylonian civilization, also known as Babylonia, was an ancient culture of the Near East that existed between 2100 and 538 BC The Babylonians brought neighboring peoples under their rule and, twice in their history, managed to build an empire that controlled the entire region
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