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Nebuchadnezzar was the Chaldean king who restored Babylon and created the Hanging Gardens for his wife. The Hanging Gardens are listed among the "wonders of the ancient world". Naturally, he lived in the capital of the Chaldean Empire, Babylon. His rule is approximated at 1100 BC BCE.
King Nebuchadnezzar and his wife.
Babylon was the capital city and center of the Babylonian Empire. During its peak, Babylon was the largest city in the world with populations exceeding 200,000 people. It was home to kings such as Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar as well as the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon which are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were Nebuchadnezzar II's idea. It all started when his wife wasn't pleased of where she lived. " Where are the gardens that you promised I will find in this place? Deserts are everywhere and it is always DRY AND HOT! If you cannot find me a place with no desert, I shall go away." His wife would say..So to please her, he commanded all of his army and assistants to put all of their energy in the Gardens. The Gardens were designed lots and lots of times before it was built. They were built in such a way that they appeared to float above the sky.The Queen was pretty happy with the Gardens and stayed with her King.THE END
From "World History - People and Nations" by Mazour:"According to legend, Nebuchadnezzar's wife had lived in the mountains and was homesick on the flat plains of Babylonia. To please her, the king planted thousands of brightly colored tropical plants and flowers on the roof of the palace. The Greeks and other peoples of the ancient world regarded the Hanging Gardens of Babylon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World."It was built by the Chaldeans around 600 B.C.MoreThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon were destroyed by earthquakes after the 2nd century BC. There is a link below. --------------------------------------------------------Herodotus was the first author to give a full description of the Hanging Gardens. According to him, the gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar II to make his wife Amytis happy because she didn't like the Babylonian desert. She had lived in Persia, which had many plants and fountains. It was about 350 feet tall and was covered with trees, flowers, lawns, plants, fountains, pools, and miniature water falls. It had every kind of plant available in the kingdom. It was made of mud brick and stone, a series of terraces, one on top of the other. The plants couldn't survive without water, so they had to pump water from the Euphrates River to flow down through channels to the plants.-Reading Herodotus' description, you'll see that what he described was Babylon itself. If you try to sketch out the city plan as he describes it, it can be done. What's more, it's pretty accurate in relation to archaeological maps. In the plan below, Herodotus' Temple of Zeus Belos is the central and above it is his King's Palace where we'd look for the Hanging Gardens. In the early 1900's German archaeologist, Robert Koldewey traced the area where the Hanging Gardens of Babylon had been laid. Only crumbling mud brick can be seen today.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. There isn't very much known about them since their exact location is uncertain. It is possible that they never actually existed.
Herodotus was the first author to give a full description of the Hanging Gardens. According to him, the gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar II to make his wife Amytis happy because she didn't like the Babylonian desert. She had lived in Persia, which had many plants and fountains. It was about 350 feet tall and was covered with trees, flowers, lawns, plants, fountains, pools, and miniature water falls. It had every kind of plant available in the kingdom. It was made of mud brick and stone, a series of terraces, one on top of the other. The plants couldn't survive without water, so they had to pump water from the Euphrates River to flow down through channels to the plants. - Reading Herodotus' description, you'll see that what he described was Babylon itself. If you try to sketch out the city plan as he describes it, it can be done. What's more, it's pretty accurate in relation to archaeological maps. In the plan below, Herodotus' Temple of Zeus Belos is the central and above it is his King's Palace where we'd look for the Hanging Gardens. In the early 1900's German archaeologist, Robert Koldewey traced the area where the Hanging Gardens of Babylon had been layed. Only crumbling mud brick can be seen today.
After the Chaldean dynasty, particularly under King Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylon experienced a period of cultural and architectural flourishing, marked by the construction of the famed Hanging Gardens and the Ishtar Gate. However, this prosperity was short-lived; Babylon fell to the Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE. This conquest led to the incorporation of Babylon into a larger imperial framework, ultimately diminishing its political autonomy and influence. The fall of Babylon marked the end of Chaldean dominance in the region.
It's widely believed that archaeologist Robert Koldewey found the Hanging Gardens of Babylon during his excavations of Babel. In the Southern Citadel, he discovered a basement with stone arch ceilings. According to ancient records, only two locations in ancient Babylon would have had stone arch ceilings, the Northern Citadel and the Hanging Gardens. Both rooms were located, which makes it believed that the Hanging Gardens were in fact real. They probably weren't exactly as described in the Bible, but pretty remarkable still. - Herodotus was the first author to give a full description of the Hanging Gardens. According to him, the gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar II to make his wife Amytis happy because she didn't like the Babylonian desert. She had lived in Persia, which had many plants and fountains. It was about 350 feet tall and was covered with trees, flowers, lawns, plants, fountains, pools, and miniature water falls. It had every kind of plant available in the kingdom. It was made of mud brick and stone, a series of terraces, one on top of the other. The plants couldn't survive without water, so they had to pump water from the Euphrates River to flow down through channels to the plants. - Reading Herodotus' description, you'll see that what he described was Babylon itself. If you try to sketch out the city plan as he describes it, it can be done. What's more, it's pretty accurate in relation to archaeological maps. In the plan below, Herodotus' Temple of Zeus Belos is the central and above it is his King's Palace where we'd look for the Hanging Gardens. In the early 1900's German archaeologist, Robert Koldewey traced the area where the Hanging Gardens of Babylon had been laid. Only crumbling mud brick can be seen today.
There is some controversy as to whether the Hanging Gardens were an actual creation or a poetic creation due to the lack of documentation of them in the http://www.answers.com/topic/chronicle of history of Babyloniahttp://www.answers.com/topic/babylon. http://www.plinia.net/wonders/gardens/hg7.html
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World in ancient times. The problem is the documentation on them is so sparse we do not know where they were, or even whether they existed. If the descriptions we have are correct, they were made largely of stone and earth, but many historians believe they were only fiction.
Herodotus was the first author to give a full description of the Hanging Gardens. According to him, the gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar II to make his wife Amytis happy because she didn't like the Babylonian desert. She had lived in Persia, which had many plants and fountains. It was about 350 feet tall and was covered with trees, flowers, lawns, plants, fountains, pools, and miniature water falls. It had every kind of plant available in the kingdom. It was made of mud brick and stone, a series of terraces, one on top of the other. The plants couldn't survive without water, so they had to pump water from the Euphrates River to flow down through channels to the plants. - Reading Herodotus' description, you'll see that what he described was Babylon itself. If you try to sketch out the city plan as he describes it, it can be done. What's more, it's pretty accurate in relation to archaeological maps. In the plan below, Herodotus' Temple of Zeus Belos is the central and above it is his King's Palace where we'd look for the Hanging Gardens. In the early 1900's German archaeologist, Robert Koldewey traced the area where the Hanging Gardens of Babylon had been layed. Only crumbling mud brick can be seen today.