What leader for constructed the hanging gardens of Babylon?

Answer 1

The Mesopotamian king Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife because she was used to better surroundings and it would feel more like home.

There are two equally credible theories about who build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, they are assumed to be the work either of semilegendary Queen Sammu-ramat (Greek Semiramis), the Assyrian queen who reigned from 810 to 783 BC, or of King Nebuchadrezzar II, the king of the Babylonian Empire, who reigned c. 605 BC - 562 BC. Though there are no compelling arguments about the credibility of any of the assumptions, the hanging Gardens of Babylon are often called the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis.

A few words about the first possible builder, Semiramis: Through the centuries the legend of Semiramis attracted not only the attention of Greek historians, but she also was the muse of novelists, poets and other storytellers. Great warrior queens in history have been called the Semiramis of their times. A "gossip" around her name would have made a beautiful yellow press headline - "Semiramis is said to have had a long string of one-night-stands with handsome soldiers". Another "rumor" may become an inspiration for Horror film makers - they say that she had each lover killed after a night of passion, so that her power would not be threatened by a man who presumed on their relationship.

As for the other supposed builder - King Nebuchadrezzar II (reigned c. 605- c.561 BC), it is said that he built the legendary gardens to console his wife Amytis of Media, because she was homesick for the mountains and greenery of her homeland.

Answer 2

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built about 2,500 years ago. It was 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.

Answer 3

The city of Babylon, under King Nebuchadnezzar II, must have been a wonder to the ancient traveler's eyes. "In addition to its size," wrote Herodotus, a Greek historian in 450 BC, "Babylon surpasses in splendor any city in the known world." Accounts indicate that the garden was built by King Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled the city for 43 years starting in 605 BC (There is an alternative story that the gardens were built by the Assyrian Queen Semiramis during her five year reign starting in 810 BC). This was the height of the city's power and influence and King Nebuchadnezzar is known to have constructed an astonishing array of temples, streets, palaces and walls.

According to accounts, the gardens were built to cheer up Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife, Amyitis. Amyitis, daughter of the king of the Medes, was married to Nebuchadnezzar to create an alliance between the two nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and she found the flat, sun-baked terrain of Mesopotamia depressing. The king decided to relieve her depression by recreating her homeland through the building of an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.

Answer 4

King Nebuchadnezzar ll, the Chaldean King of the Neo-Babylonian empire, built the Hanging Gardens for his wife, Amytis.

Answer 5

the Mesopotamian king, Nebuchadnezzar built the hanging gardens for his wife.

Answer 6

Actually, it was a present from the king to the queen because she didn't like the dessert because she was from Persia.