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- 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
- Babylon - Wikipedia
Southern Mesopotamia became known as Babylonia, and Babylon eclipsed Nippur as the region's holy city The empire waned under Hammurabi's son Samsu-iluna, and Babylon spent long periods under Assyrian, Kassite and Elamite domination
- Babylon | History, Religion, Time Period, Facts | Britannica
Babylon, one of the most famous cities of antiquity It was the capital of southern Mesopotamia (Babylonia) from the early 2nd millennium to the early 1st millennium BCE and capital of the Neo-Babylonian (Chaldean) empire in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE, when it was at the height of its splendor
- Babylonian captivity - Wikipedia
The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were exiled to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire [1]
- 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)
- Babylonian religion - Wikipedia
Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia Babylonia's mythology was largely influenced by its Sumerian counterparts and was written on clay tablets inscribed with the cuneiform script derived from Sumerian cuneiform The myths were usually either written in Sumerian or Akkadian
- List of kings of Babylon - Wikipedia
The king of Babylon (Akkadian: šakkanakki Bābili, later also šar Bābili) was the ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon and its kingdom, Babylonia, which existed as an independent realm from the 19th century BC to its fall in the 6th century BC
- Old Babylonian Empire - Wikipedia
The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to c 1894–1595 BC, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period
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