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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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Which state is called the new Babylon?
Well Babylon was largely in the area now known as Iraq, so I'd say Iraq. If you live in the US, take note that it's pronounced ih-rawk (the I sound is like 'it' without the 't' and the second part is kind of like rock, but with more of an 'aw' sound) with the emphasis on the second syllable. Not eye-rack.
What did Hammurabi do before he was a king?
Hammurabi and his father belonged to a dynasty of independent kings of the city of Babylon. This group of kings, which Hammurabi was considered the most illustrious member of, is now referred to as the "First Dynasty of Babylon."
What king was carried into Babylon as a captive?
Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king's mother, his wives, his officials and the prominent people of the land.
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What are some features of the hanging gardens of Babylon?
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.
What invention involved planning of a day did the babylonians create?
The Babylonians had pretty good astronomers and were of the firsts to add leap months to solve the year length problem. Like all other calendars, the Babylonian calendar had twelve lunar months.
Is Babylon no more inhabited today fulfilling Jeremiah 50 v39?
Jeremiah 50:39 ...and it (Babylon) shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
A failed prophecy, since present-day Iraq is quite occupied.
Second (Response to First ):
A prophecy unfulfilled is not failed, but simply yet future.
Babylon is present-day Iraq. And it shall one day be uninhabited, and uninhabitable, and that, according to the Jeremiah 50-51 prophecy, will ultimately be caused by a severe drought (Jer 50:38, 51:36-37).
That drought will be the result of a catastrophic flood event (Jer 51:42-43).
And that flood will follow a defeat at the hands of the Medes (Jer 50:3,9-10, 51:11,27-28,48) the present-day Kurds, who will "plunder" her "treasures" (Jer 50:37).
And this ransacking and defeat will occur after she is abandoned by the nations (Jer 51:8-9) because they will see they had "toil(ed) for nothing" (Jer 51:58) after "her high gates (are) set on fire" (Jer 51:58) and all her cities are "set on fire" so that all (the) environs" are devoured by the fire (Jer 50:32).
This conflagration occurs after the time of the punishment of the "arrogant one" who will "stumble and fall" (Jer 50:31-32).
This punishment occurs after he, the "king of Babylon", is told his "city has been captured from end to end, the (bridges) also have been seized and they have burned the marshes with fire, and (his) men of war are terrified" (Jer 51:31-32).
The city falls as a result of a massive military invasion, when the land is filled "with a population like locusts, and they will cry out with shouts of victory over (her)" (Jer 51:14).
And this invasion is by "a great nation and many kings... aroused from the remote parts of the earth... marshalled like a man for the battle against you.." (Jer 50:41-42).
But at the news, "Babylon to be invaded!" the earth is shaken, in that "an outcry is heard among the nations" (Jer 50:46).
But the protests will not deter the invasion, for The LORD of hosts has sworn to himself to judge Babylon (Jer 51:14).
Third (Response to First ):
Since Babylon refers to a particular city and not to a nation or to an empire this prophecy began to be fulfilled when Babylon was indeed captured by Cyrus the Mede. It has not been inhabited in any significant way since and is today a tourist attraction and archeological site. Sadam Hussein, who some think believed himself to be a reincarnation of Nebachadnezzar, sought to revive Babylon. We know what has happened to Sadam.
This is another example (in the first comment above) of a misinterpretation of the Bible, either deliberate or ignorant (not actually reading or bothering to find out what the Bible says) being used to allege that the Bible is in error. It is nothing but entirely accurate.
Babylon, in terms of the original prophecy, has indeed been judged.
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The particular invasion of Judah being referenced was performed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E. Large numbers of Judeans were deported to the city of Babylon, especially the Judean aristocracy.
Did the Assyrians conquer Babylon or Babylonian?
No, both empires existed at the same time however the Babylonian Empire outlasted the Assyrian Empire.
Finally the Persian Empire conquered the Babylonian Empire, then Alexander of Macedonia conquered the entire area but split into three parts after Alexander's death. Finally the Roman Empire conquered the three splinters of Alexander's Empire.
How strong was Babylon as a country?
Babylon was not the best in war, but made up for it with their great wealth. They were conquered by the Assyrian's. The Assyrians were then defeated by the Medes and Chaldean's. After Assyria was defeated, Babylon rose again. Now with king Hammurabi leading them.
What were the characteristics of the Chaldeans?
Racially
The Chaldeans were a Semitic race, not dissimilar from southern Iraqis today.
Socially
The Chaldeans in biblical times were idol worshipers, but were also generally peaceful and non-belligerent. They became a constituent part of most of the Mesopotamian Empires (Akkad, Assyria, and Babylon) but never dominated them.
Note: There is currently an ethnic group in Iraq styling itself as the "Chaldeans" who represent the descendants of the Biblical Era Chaldeans and practice Christianity as their chosen faith.
What did King Nebuchadnezzar build to protect the city of Babylon?
He built massive city walls and a moat
How does hammuribis code of laws relate to laws today?
THE LAW IS STILL THE SAME IN THE CONTRACTING BUSINESS...IF YOU BUILD A HOUSE AND SOME PART OF IT IS DEFUNCT AND HURTS THE OWNERS SON, HE HAS RIGHT TO RESTITUTION
What were the Hanning Gardens of Baylon?
There was no such thing!! There were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon though.
What U.S. modern law can be traced back to the code of Justinian?
Very little in US law can be traced back to the Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law), which was dubbed Justinian code in the 16th century. This is because this is a civil law code. It has been used by several European countries to develop a civil law code. US law, instead, has a common law system which developed out of English common law. Whilst a civil law code tries to comprehensively deal with all aspects of law, a common law system is a case law system based on precedent. The law is developed by judges through decisions of courts which decide individual cases, and these form precedents for future cases. Therefore, US law is more similar to classical Roman law than the Corpus Juris Civilis/Justinian Code.
In the early days of the US, the Institutiones part of the Corpus Juris Civilis was often cited because it was relevant to American slavery laws.
