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The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It's the only one of the Seven Wonders without a definitively established location. According to one legend, the Gardens were built alongside the palace known as The Marvel of Mankind by the king Nebuchadnezzar II (c. 605 and 562 BC) for his Median wife Queen Amytis, who missed the green hills of her home. The gardens are described as an example of ingenuity, engineering and beauty that looked like a tiered…

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For Nebuchadnezzar's wife queen Amytis. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built for Median wife of king Nebuchadnezzar II queen Amytis, because she missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland. The construction of the Hanging Gardens has also been attributed to the legendary queen Semiramis, who supposedly ruled Babylon in the 9th century BC, and they have been called the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis as an alternate name. Babylon City, Nebuchadnezzar Ii, Babylon Art, The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar, Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, Korean House, Fruit Art Drawings, Architectural Orders

Whom were the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon built for by order of the king Nebuchadnezzar II?

For Nebuchadnezzar's wife queen Amytis. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built for Median wife of king Nebuchadnezzar II queen Amytis, because she missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland. The construction of the Hanging Gardens has also been attributed to the legendary queen Semiramis, who supposedly ruled Babylon in the 9th century BC, and they have been called the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis as an alternate name.

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So called hanging gardens was a later wonder during last flowering of bronze age Mesopotamia. The ziggurats are from earliest times. European druidry kept up with many ideas like astrology and taxonomic lists of flora and fauna for rote learning and basic literacy with occult properties to boot. Stonehenge is less impressive if you consider it was the slowest structure ever built by humans. Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, Architecture Antique, Ancient Babylon, Gardens Of Babylon, Hanging Gardens, Tower Of Babel, Ancient Mesopotamia, Fantasy City, Fantasy Places

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A well fortified city, Mari the western most sumerian style city since 5th milenium. Important trade city, destroyed and rebuilt till finally rivaled Babylon and was an important stepping stone in the Babylonian empire. Dagan, as a of storms, had an entire temple dedicated to him, as did Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, and Shamash the sun god. Babylon source of Humarabis code - the penultimate legal system governing property, fines, land management, dowries, adoption, conflicts and…

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