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, sunbaked 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.
He was born 630 B.C and died 562 B.C. He was the king of Babylon and built the hanging gardens for his homesick wife. He was also a great military leader.
The leader of the Babylonian gods was Marduk
The leader of the Babylonian gods was Marduk
Nebuchadnezzar II, was a king of the Neo-Bablyonian Empire from 605 BC - 562 BC. He is featured in the old testament book of Daniel. He is commonly known for the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and building the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (although he may not have done either).
Hammurabi's csme from a text book
Saddam Hussein king of Iraq.
The leader of the Babylonian gods was Marduk
Babylon does not exist today as a city or empire. The ruins are located in southern Iraq. So now you could look up politics in Iraq.
Saddam Hussein. Former dictator of Iraq.
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