Babylon

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Babylon was an ancient Mesopotamian city-state and imperial capital renowned for its monumental architecture, advanced culture, and central role in Near Eastern history and biblical tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
city-state
former capital
archaeologicalExcavationBy Robert Koldewey
associatedWithMyth Etemenanki ziggurat
surface form: Tower of Babel
associatedWithRuler Hammurabi
Nabonidus
Nabopolassar
Nebuchadnezzar II
capitalOf Neo-Babylonian Empire
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire
conqueredBy Alexander the Great
Assyria
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Cyrus the Great
Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Persian Achaemenid Empire

Sennacherib
culturalRegion Babylon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Babylonia
declinePeriod Hellenistic period
excavationStartYear 1899
flourishedDuring Neo-Babylonian Empire
surface form: Neo-Babylonian period

reign of Hammurabi
foundedBy Amorites
hasLanguage Akkadian
Sumerian (scholarly use)
hasTemple Esagila temple complex
hasWritingSystem cuneiform
hasZiggurat Etemenanki ziggurat
surface form: Etemenanki
influenced Christian eschatology
Jewish thought
later Mesopotamian culture
knownFor Ishtar Gate
Processional Way
advanced legal traditions
astronomy and astrology
city walls
literature
mathematics
monumental architecture
religious temples
role in biblical tradition
ziggurats
locatedIn Mesopotamia
Iraq
surface form: modern-day Iraq
locatedNear Euphrates
surface form: Euphrates River
majorDeity Marduk
mentionedIn Book of Daniel
Book of Jeremiah
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernSiteNear Hillah, Iraq
partOf Ancient Mediterranean world
surface form: ancient Near East
symbolIn apocalyptic literature
symbolizes oppression and exile in Jewish tradition
pride and hubris in biblical tradition
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2019
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site

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Chaldeans associatedWithCity Babylon
Jehoiakim vassalOf Babylon
Ishtar Gate locatedIn Babylon
King of Persia expandedInto Babylon
subject surface form: Cyrus the Great
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Etemenanki ziggurat locatedIn Babylon
subject surface form: Etemenanki
Etemenanki ziggurat dedicatedInCity Babylon
subject surface form: Etemenanki
Cambyses II ruledTerritory Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Cambyses II capital Babylon
Amel-Marduk country Babylon
Amel-Marduk capital Babylon
Amel-Marduk deathPlace Babylon
Neriglissar capital Babylon
Neriglissar associatedCity Babylon
Neriglissar deathPlace Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylon (probable)
Neriglissar governedTerritory Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Sippar locatedNorthOf Babylon
Labashi-Marduk throneCity Babylon
Labashi-Marduk deathPlace Babylon
Nabopolassar countryRuled Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Nabopolassar deathPlace Babylon
Nabopolassar capital Babylon
Nabopolassar burialPlace Babylon
Nabonidus capital Babylon
Nabonidus residence Babylon
Stateira II placeOfDeath Babylon
Baghdad Geonim region Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Amorites capitalCity Babylon
Emunot ve-Deot placeOfComposition Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Geonic period country Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Tiglath-Pileser III campaignAgainst Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Amytis of Media residence Babylon
Babylonian polytheism religiousTraditionOf Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Processional Way of Babylon connectedTo Babylon
this entity surface form: outer city of Babylon
Coniah placeOfDeath Babylon
Coniah exiledTo Babylon
Geonic responsa mainLocation Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Euphrátēs associatedWithAncientCivilization Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Seleucid Empire territoryIncludes Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia