The name "Babylon" has never changed. It refers to a specific Kingdom/Empire that existed in the region of Mesopotamia, but not the land that it controlled. When it was overthrown by the Achaemenid Persians in the 530s BCE, the empire disappeared and its citizens simply became Babylonian Persians or splintered back into their diverse pre-Babylonian ethnicities such as Judean, Aramean, Assyrian, etc. The name Iraq did not come to the fore until the Arab conquest of the area from the Sassanid Persians in 634 C.E. and Iraq simply was the Arabic name for Mesopotamia (which was a Greek name for the region).
"Babylon" in its first appearance in the [KJV] King James Version of the Holy Bible [II Kings 17:24]:
"And the king of Assyria brought men from BABYLON..." [according to the [LIT] the Literal Bible w/Strong's Definitions -- comes from the word "BABEL" first mentioned in Gen.11].
("Strong's Ref.#894 Romanized Babel Pronounced baw-bel' from HSN1101; confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire: KJV--Babel, Babylon.")
the word babylon mean spiritual confusion I agree! Babylon means confusion,
gardens were hanging on walls
The ruins of the capital city of Babylon were unearthed in southern Iraq.
The answer is the Epic of Gigamesh in Babylon.
Babylon is actually the capital of the ancient city Babylonia in the middle east.
Babylon was an ancient city in Mesopotomia. The remains of the city are in Iraq. Babylon is also known as Babilli which was the original name of the city.
His wife's name was Amytis who was from Medo-Persia. He built the hanging gardens of Babylon for her.
Babylon was once a very powerful and influential city.The people of Babylon were the pioneers of modern language, astronomy and mathematics.
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The ruins of the capital city of Babylon were unearthed in southern Iraq.
Babylon was never destroyed by a volcano. Pompei, however, was destroyed by the Vesuvius.
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the ruins are in modern Iraq.
The answer is the Epic of Gigamesh in Babylon.
you mean KING'S name? Nebucadanezzar
The city of Babylon is no longer inhabited, although its location is known and Babylon, as it is still known, is an active archaeological site. It is near the present-day city of Baghdad.