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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.
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King nebuchadnezzar built this for his wife in Babylon to remind her of her homeland?
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife. It is called "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon''.
When was the hanging gardens of Babylon built .In ADor BC?
BC.
What do ziggurat and the hanging Gardens of Babylon in common?
they were both built on earth
Where was the hanging gardens of Babylon built?
The hanging gardens were on the massive outer wall of the ancient city of Babylon, located east of the Euphrates River near present-day Baghdad, in Iraq.
Who was responsible for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
king Nebuchadnezzar was responsable for the hanging gardens of babylon
Which one of the seven wonders of the worlds was built by the Chaldeans in Babylon?
the hanging gardens of Babylon
How old are the hanging gardens of Babylon?
The Hanging Gardens were built in 605 BCE.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon who built it?
The Babylonians did.
What was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built out of?
Terracota
Where Nebudchanezzar's hanging gardens built?
In Babylon...
What cities was the hanging gardens was built by nebuchadnezzar?
It was built in Babylon.
King nebuchadnezzar built this for his wife in Babylon to remind her of her homeland?
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife. It is called "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon''.
When where the hanging gardens of Babylon built?
In about 450 BC.
Who built the hanging gardens of Babylon built?
King Nebuchadnezzar
Why were the hanging gardens of Babylon famous?
The gardens were Famous because it was built by a king
Where were Nebuchadnezzars famous gardens built?
In Babylonia. They are known as the 'Hanging Gardens of Babylon'.
Who built the hanging walls of Babylon?
The hanging gardens of Babylon were built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife. She missed her life in the mountains where she was from, and he built it to remind her of her life in the mountains.
