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Babylon
This ancient city state of Mesopotamia was known for housing the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient world. It was in the Fertile Crescent and located just south of modern day Baghdad.
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Hammurabi's code was fair in some ways and unfair in others ways?
The code didn't apply to all people equally. For example; if somebody hit a slave, you got 1/3 of the punishment. And if you were a noble, priests, etc. and somebody hit you they get full punishment. Hummurabi's punishment may seem harsh to us, but but they improved upon previous laws.
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What jobs did the people in ancient Babylon have?
Jesus was a carpenter, and Paul was a tentmaker. Matthew was a tax collector and Luke was a doctor. There were shepherds (ie: David, Old Testament) and kings.
What are some bad things about Hammurabi's code?
The Hammurabi's code was not fair to everyone because if you hit a lower class person, you don't have to pay that much when you hit a upper class person. But, it was fair in some ways, that the punishments were so harsh that it would warn people not to do it.
What leader for constructed the hanging gardens of Babylon?
The Mesopotamian king Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife because she was used to better surroundings and it would feel more like home.
There are two equally credible theories about who build the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, they are assumed to be the work either of semilegendary Queen Sammu-ramat (Greek Semiramis), the Assyrian queen who reigned from 810 to 783 BC, or of King Nebuchadrezzar II, the king of the Babylonian Empire, who reigned c. 605 BC - 562 BC. Though there are no compelling arguments about the credibility of any of the assumptions, the hanging Gardens of Babylon are often called the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis.
A few words about the first possible builder, Semiramis: Through the centuries the legend of Semiramis attracted not only the attention of Greek historians, but she also was the muse of novelists, poets and other storytellers. Great warrior queens in history have been called the Semiramis of their times. A "gossip" around her name would have made a beautiful yellow press headline - "Semiramis is said to have had a long string of one-night-stands with handsome soldiers". Another "rumor" may become an inspiration for horror film makers - they say that she had each lover killed after a night of passion, so that her power would not be threatened by a man who presumed on their relationship.
As for the other supposed builder - King Nebuchadrezzar II (reigned c. 605- c.561 BC), it is said that he built the legendary gardens to console his wife Amytis of Media, because she was homesick for the mountains and greenery of her homeland.
What did the code of Hammurabi state that all induviduals have?
Hummurabi stated in the Code of Hammurabi that everyone in the city of Babylon is able to have their very own induvidual rights. And aolso that no one is ever able to take them away from them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEVER
What during the Babylonian captivity?
The Persians conquered the Chaldeans during the Babylonian Captivity.
Thousands of Jews marched to work as slaves
What important modern legal principles can be found in the code of Hammurabi?
A criminal's punishment should be based on the crime committed.
What was Babylon's most impressive gate?
The Gate of Ishtar is the most impressive gate in Babylon-
The answer is Ishtar. It was one of the 8 gates into Babylon and the most impressive.
The Babylonian Empire was the most powerful state in the ancient world after the fall of the Assyrian empire (612 BCE). Its capital Babylon was beautifully adorned by king Nebuchadnezzar, who erected several famous buildings. Even after the Babylonian Empire had been overthrown by the Persian king Cyrus the Great (539), the city itself remained an important cultural center.
None. Babylonia was an ancient cultural region in central-southern Mesopotamia (what is now called Iraq).
What is was the size of the hanging gardens of Babylon?
According to Wikipedia: The gardens were attributed to the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled between 605 and 562 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife, Amytis of Media, who longed for the plants of her homeland. The gardens were said to have been destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2nd century BC.
That would make them roughly 2500 years old, and they would have been destroyed around 2200 years ago. It should be noted, however, that there is some dispute as to whether they ever actually existed.
Also from Wikipedia: A recent theory proposes that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were actually constructed by the Assyrian king Sennacherib (reigned 705 - 681 BC) for his palace at Nineveh. Stephanie Dalley posits that during the intervening centuries the two sites became confused, and the extensive gardens at Sennacherib's palace were attributed to Nebuchadnezzar II's Babylon.
When did civilizations first begin in Babylon?
The wars started before the place was named Babylon but the Babylonian Empire was the most powerful state in the ancient world after the fall of the Assyrian empire. The city of Babylon makes its first appearance in our sources after the fall of the Empire of the Third Dynasty of Ur, which had ruled the city states of the alluvial plain between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris for more than a century.
What did Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar had in common?
Hammurabi extended his empire northward from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys and westward to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea as king of Babylonia, and the greatest ruler in the first Babylonian dynasty. Hammurabi is primarily remembered for his codification of the laws governing Babylonian life.
The king took over Babylonia when the times in Mesopotamia lie in confusion, turmoil, and constant war. King after king manages to rule a city-state or a small empire for a short time by conquering neighboring city-states. But these kings are cruel to the people of the conquered city, rule unjustly, and leave turmoil and a struggle for power. Hammurabi took over to be another kind a king who ruled to unite Mesopotamia under a just law.
When did the people from Babylon start to thrive?
Baking in history goes further back beyond the Babylonian history. No one could say for certain.
Who dictated to king Hammurabi the laws which he would later include in the law code of Hammurabi?
Hammurabi's Code of Laws dictated(?) to him by Shamash or Marduk, (1792BC) came after a series of laws from other monarchs of ancient near east.
Consider there is the Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (2050BC), the Laws of Eshnunna (1930BC) and the codex of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (1870BC), finally Hammurabi's.
A similar distance in time found between us and the Revolutionary War.
What was the estimated population of Babylon?
The Values of Babylon are Justice and Authority. They respected all officials that dealt with Authority and Justice and they officials that had lots of Authority reported to the kings.
What were famous sites in ancient Babylon?
As an empire, Babylon went from northern Egypt to Iran. Somenotoriousplaces are Babili, the city Nimrod and Babylon city as the capital. The hanging and the ziggurat temple were important places even they were not cities.
Did Hammurabi's code say that not all people were treated equally in Babylon?
no it depended on your class the rich were favored
What Wonder of the Ancient World was located in Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II?
Accounts indicate that the garden was built by King Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled the city for 43 years starting in 605 BC (There is an alternative story that the gardens were built by the Assyrian Queen Semiramis during her five year reign starting in 810 BC). This was the height of the city's power and influence and King Nebuchadnezzar is known to have constructed an astonishing array of temples, streets, palaces and walls. According to accounts, the gardens were built to cheer up Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife, Amyitis. 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, sun-baked 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.
Who are the parents of Nebuchadnezzar?
We know his father was Nabopolassar, but I cannot find out the name of his mother.
When were the Israelites in exile in Babylon?
The Book of Isaiah was written by two, and possibly three different authors over a period of more than a hundred years. The writings were probably separate at first, being later consolidated into a single scroll.
Isaiah, son of Amoz, also known as First Isaiah or I Isaiah, wrote most of chapters 1-39 during the eighth century BCE, in the reigns of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah of Judah.
Second Isaiah wrote in the sixth century BCE during the Babylonian Exile.
Third Isaiah wrote immediately following the Return from Exile.
AnswerTradition places his lifetime in the 7th century BCE. AnswerIsaiah's opening statement in the Book of Isaiah, that he lived during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, means that he actually lived in the eighth century BCE.Second Isaiah, the anonymous author who added several further chapterrs to the Book of Isaiah, lived during the sixth century BCE and the time of the Babylonian Exile. A further anonymous source for the final chapters of the Book of Isaiah, now knwn as Third Isaiah, lived shortly after the Babylonian Exile.
