 | Babylon, Iraq 32 ° 32'32 .07 "N, 44 ° 25'21 .56" E |  |  |
the banks of the ri or Euphrates, in Mesopotamia, rose, with half a million inhabitants, the largest city in the world at the time.
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| ruins of Babylon |
During the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, around 600 BC, Babylon became a huge commercial boost and architecture, becoming a benchmark in the history of mankind. Among its citizens could find skilled workers such as scribes, engravers of seals, architects ... They were also major exporters were prized as dates, wheat, wool, textiles, cosmetics and jewelry.
The city was surrounded by two walled enclosures. The first, consisting of a moat and some 200 towers gave access to large areas of gardens and orchards. In this first part of the city was the summer palace of the king and the temple of the New Year Festival, celebrated in spring, at the beginning of the year for the Babylonians. In this vibrant and sophisticated city residents were very superstitious and Nebuchadnezzar knew perfectly cover the mystical needs of its people. Available to citizens of 35 temples and countless altars and shrines to develop their intense religious life. While his father would be remembered for his Nabopolassar war deeds (put an end to Assyrian rule over Babylon), Nebuchadnezzar would for its many religious celebrations.
| | Processional Way, Babylon, Iraq 32 ° 32'40 .34 "N, 44 ° 25'18 .92" E | | |
The second city wall, rectangular in shape with a length of six miles, had eight espelendorosas doors giving access to the center of the metropolis. Through the Processional Way came to the most famous gate of Babylon, Ishtar Gate, dedicated to the goddess of love and war, decorated with blue tiles with reliefs of dragons, the sacred animal of the god Marduk, and bulls, their usual companions. Today, the door can be seen in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
| | Ishtar Gate, Babylon, Iraq 32 ° 32'36 .10 "N, 44 ° 25.20 .11" E | | |
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| Ishtar Gate |
After passing through the gate of Ishtar arrives at the palace of Nebuchadnezzar, with the legendary hanging gardens that he built to please his wife, Amitis Princesa .
| | Palace of Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon, Iraq 32 ° 32'31 .84 "N, 44 ° 25'15 .93" E | | |
Processional Way, reached the Ziggurat Etemenanki or "Temple of the Foundations of Heaven and Earth "identified as the mythical Tower of Babel. The ziggurat reached, probably the 7-storey skyscraper all the time.
| | Tower of Babel, Babylon, Iraq 32 ° 32'10 .46 "N, 44 ° 25'15 .00" E | | |
In 539 BC the Persians conquered Babylon in 331 BC Alexander the Great entered the city making over time and political headquarters administration of his empire. However, after the death of Alexander's, new cities such as Baghdad and Babylon Selenca began to languish.
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| representation of the Tower of Babel |
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