| Sci & Tech Chronology: In the year 560 bce |
Construction
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon builds a high dam that is roughly 25 km (16 mi) long, joining the Tigris to the Euphrates and creating a giant lake behind it. It is an earth-filled dam lined with fired brick using mastic (bitumen and sand) mortar. The primary purpose of the lake is to act as a giant moat on one side of Babylon for defensive purposes. See also 280 bce Transportation.
| Wikipedia: 560s BC |
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 7th century BC – 6th century BC – 5th century BC |
| Decades: | 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC – 560s BC – 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC |
| Years: | 569 BC 568 BC 567 BC 566 BC 565 BC 564 BC 563 BC 562 BC 561 BC 560 BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
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