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.
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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.
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.
Nebuchadnezzar II .
The famous Chaldean king who rebuilt the city of Babylon was Nebuchadnezzar II. He is known for constructing grand buildings in Babylon, including the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
king Nebuchadnezzar was responsable for the hanging gardens of babylon
The gardens were Famous because it was built by a king
King Nebuchadnezzar. :)
well he was a king
he wanted too
King Nebuchadnezzar and his wife.
nebuchadnezzar he found the hanging gardens
The gardens were attributed to the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II.
No, he came after the Babylonian earthquake which destroyed the gardens.