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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Nergal-šarra-uṣur deathPlace Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylon (probable)
Cyrus the Younger associatedWithPlace Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Cyrus the Younger’s revolt place Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Alexander IV birthPlace Babylon
subject surface form: Alexander IV of Macedon
Alexander IV residence Babylon
subject surface form: Alexander IV of Macedon
Mithridates I of Parthia conquered Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Seleucia-on-the-Tigris historicalRegion Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Kallah (semiannual assembly) location Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Sumu-abum country Babylon
Sumu-abum placeOfRule Babylon
Sumu-abum locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Sumu-la-El country Babylon
Sumu-la-El capitalRuled Babylon
Neo-Babylonian kings capital Babylon
Amorite dynasty of Mari hadRelationsWith Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Rim-Sin I mainOpponent Babylon
Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III expandedTerritory Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Amurru worshipedInRegion Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Αμυτις associatedWith Babylon
King of Babylon deathPlace Babylon
subject surface form: Neriglissar
King of Babylon capital Babylon
subject surface form: Neriglissar
Tašrītu associatedWithCity Babylon
Tašrītu culture Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Tashrītu associatedCity Babylon
Annals of Esarhaddon mentions Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Neo-Elamite period influencedBy Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
King of Babylon capital Babylon
Rav Chisda region Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Resh Galuta region Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia
Biblical places hasExample Babylon
Elamite period neighborOf Babylon
this entity surface form: Babylonia