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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Jerusalem Chronicle geographicalContext Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
King of Assyria militaryCampaignsDirectedAt Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Sarru-kinu campaignAgainst Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Sargonid dynasty conflict Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Eighth Dynasty of Assyria hasCulturalInfluenceOn Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Neo-Babylonian–Persian War location Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia location Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Elam neighborOf Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Kasdim associatedWith Babylon
Ebabbar politicalEntity Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Kandalanu country Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Kandalanu capital Babylon
Kandalanu deathPlace Babylon
Chaldea partOf Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Chaldea capitalCity Babylon
Babylonian revolt against Assyria hasParticipant Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Adad-happe residence Babylon
Nabu-balatsu-iqbi countryOfCitizenship Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Nabu-balatsu-iqbi residence Babylon
conquest of Tayma relatedTo Babylon
UNESCO World Heritage (as part of Babylon) appliesTo Babylon
this entity surface form: ancient city of Babylon
Median dynasty sharesBorderWith Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
House of the foundation of heaven and earth partOf Babylon
this entity surface form: city of Babylon
House of the foundation of heaven and earth locatedIn Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Berosus placeOfActivity Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Berosus associatedWith Babylon
Rav Sheshet region Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Eber-Nari capital Babylon
House of Cyrus capital Babylon
House of Nebuchadnezzar region Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Stateira I residence Babylon
Battle of Cunaxa locatedNear Babylon
Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Hivites, Jebusites, Girgashites ruledCity Babylon
subject surface form: Amorites
Nergal-šarra-uṣur realm Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Nergal-šarra-uṣur capital Babylon