How did Babylon get its name?

Answer 1

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).

Answer 2

"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.")

Answer 3

the word babylon mean spiritual confusion I agree! Babylon means confusion,

Answer 4

gardens were hanging on walls