Babylonians

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Mesopotamian people ancient civilization

The Babylonians were an ancient Mesopotamian civilization centered in the city of Babylon, renowned for their advances in law, astronomy, mathematics, and literature.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Babylonians canonical 31
Babylonian civilization 8
Babylonian 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian people ⓘ
ancient civilization ⓘ
astronomicalConcept zodiac signs (early form) ⓘ
burialPractice inhumation ⓘ
capital Babylon ⓘ
centeredIn Babylon ⓘ
conqueredBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form: Hittites
constructed Ishtar Gate ⓘ
surface form: city walls of Babylon

ziggurats ⓘ
cosmology myth of creation Enuma Elish ⓘ
country Babylon ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia
culturalRegion Fertile Crescent ⓘ
developed astronomical diaries ⓘ
early algebraic methods ⓘ
methods for solving quadratic equations ⓘ
place-value notation ⓘ
sexagesimal (base-60) numeral system ⓘ
systematic planetary observations ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
flourishedDuring Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 BCE)

Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Old Babylonian period (c. 2000–1595 BCE)
heritage successors of Sumerian cultural traditions ⓘ
influenced Greek astronomy ⓘ
Hellenistic astrology ⓘ
later Near Eastern law codes ⓘ
knownFor Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
advances in astronomy ⓘ
advances in law ⓘ
advances in mathematics ⓘ
literature ⓘ
language Akkadian ⓘ
legalSystem cuneiform law codes ⓘ
locatedIn Mesopotamia ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
surface form: present-day Iraq
majorDeity Inanna ⓘ
surface form: Ishtar

Marduk ⓘ
Nabu ⓘ
Shamash ⓘ
measurementSystem sexagesimal time division (hours, minutes, seconds) ⓘ
notableRuler Hammurabi ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
notableWork Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ
surface form: Epic of Gilgamesh (Babylonian version)
religion Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Babylonian ⓘ
surface form: Middle Babylonian period

Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Babylonian period

Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Old Babylonian period
urbanCenter Babylon ⓘ
Borsippa ⓘ
Nippur ⓘ
Sippar ⓘ
used clay tablets ⓘ
cylinder seals ⓘ
usedCalendar lunisolar calendar ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bronze Age → associatedWith → Babylonians ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire → ethnicGroup → Babylonians ⓘ
Ancient Near East collection → focusesOnCivilization → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian civilization
Akkadian → hasDialect → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian
Sumer → culturalLegacyInfluenced → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian civilization
Inanna → worshippedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
works of Herodotus → describesCulture → Babylonians ⓘ
subject surface form: Histories
Ur of the Chaldeans → associatedWithCulture → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian civilization
Haran → capturedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
Chaldeans → culturalSphere → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian culture
Amel-Marduk → culture → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian
Battle of Carchemish → combatant → Babylonians ⓘ
Neriglissar → culture → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian
Medes → neighbor → Babylonians ⓘ
King of the Universe → culture → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian civilization
Saros cycle → wasKnownTo → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian astronomers
Akkadian month Tashritu → usedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
subject surface form: Tashritu
Seleucid Empire → ethnicGroup → Babylonians ⓘ
Akkadians → successorCulture → Babylonians ⓘ
Pythagorean theorem → knownTo → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian mathematicians
Bel → worshippedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
Shadrach → nameGivenBy → Babylonians ⓘ
Arameans → neighboringPeople → Babylonians ⓘ
Western mathematics → influencedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian mathematics
Ancient Near East → containsCivilization → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian civilization
Sin → culture → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian culture
Sarpanit → worshipers → Babylonians ⓘ
Akitu → practicedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
Utu → worshipedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
Persian army → recruitmentFrom → Babylonians ⓘ
Anunnaki → languageOfAttestation → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian
Lachish → conqueredBy → Babylonians ⓘ
Iraqi people → historicalInfluence → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian civilization
Mesopotamian cuneiform → usedForLanguage → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian
Middle Babylonian → associatedWithCulture → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian civilization
Nuffar → associatedWithAncientCulture → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian civilization
Lower Mesopotamia → associatedWithCulture → Babylonians ⓘ
Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art → collectionIncludesCulture → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian culture
Assyrian inscriptions → mentions → Babylonians ⓘ
Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia → subjectPopulation → Babylonians ⓘ
Babylonian calendar → usedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
Fall of the Assyrian Empire → hasParticipant → Babylonians ⓘ
Babylonian revolt against Assyria → languageOfSources → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian
Sîn → worshippedBy → Babylonians ⓘ
House of the foundation of heaven and earth → culture → Babylonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babylonian
House of Nebuchadnezzar → ethnicGroup → Babylonians ⓘ
Semitic peoples → hasAncientSubgroup → Babylonians ⓘ
Dagan → culture → Babylonians ⓘ
Sidonians → tradedWith → Babylonians ⓘ
Amurru → worshipedBy → Babylonians ⓘ