Babylon

Hauptstadt Babyloniens

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Babylon was an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) that served as the cultural and political center of the Akkadian-speaking region and was home to two major empires—the Old Babylonian Empire (19th–16th century BC) and the Neo-Babylonian Empire (7th–6th century BC). It was one of the most important urban centers of the ancient Near East and also functioned as a regional capital for other empires, including the Achaemenid Empire.

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Ancient site.name: Babylon
Ancient site.image: Ishtar Gate.jpg
Ancient site.image_size: 250px
Ancient site.caption: Ishtar Gate
Ancient site.map_type: Iraq#Near East
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.map_alt: Babylon lies near the center of Iraq
Ancient site.location: Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq
Ancient site.region: Mesopotamia
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.part_of: Babylonia
Ancient site.cultures: Sumerian, Akkadian, Amorite, Kassite, Assyrian, Chaldean, Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sasanian, Muslim caliphate
Ancient site.archaeologists: Hormuzd Rassam, Robert Koldewey, Taha Baqir, recent Iraqi Assyriologist
Ancient site.condition: Ruined
Ancient site.ownership: Public

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Babylon oder Babel war als Hauptstadt Babyloniens eine der wichtigsten Städte des Altertums. Sie lag am Euphrat, etwa 90 km südlich Bagdads im heutigen Irak (Provinz Babil). Die Ruinen der Stadt sind unter anderem von Robert Koldewey Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts teilweise freigelegt worden. Der Ort war die Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Stadtstaates, der zeitweise über weite Teile des südlichen Zweistromlandes herrschte. Die Blütezeit der antiken „Weltstadt“ Babylon lag zwischen 1800 und 140 v. Chr.

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