According to accounts, the gardens were built to cheer up Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife, 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.
Technically, Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens, but he was part of the Greek Civilization. I hoped this helped! :D
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife. It is called "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon''.
His wife's name was Amytis who was from Medo-Persia. He built the hanging gardens of Babylon for her.
It was sometime during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 B.C.).
Nebuchadnezzar
It was built in Babylon.
King Nebuchadnezzar. :)
He built the hanging gardens.
King Nebuchadnezzar
Technically, Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens, but he was part of the Greek Civilization. I hoped this helped! :D
That was Nebuchadnezzar II.
In Babylonia. They are known as the 'Hanging Gardens of Babylon'.
The hanging gardens of Babylon were built in sixth century BC by Nebuchadnezzar-II near Euphrates river.
Nebuchadnezzar built the hanging gardens to please his homesick wife, Amyitis.
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife. It is called "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon''.
Technically, Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens, but he was part of the Greek Civilization. I hoped this helped! :D
Babylon.