***# #### ***Babylon is a mystery city, ******on the one
hand, 99 out of 100 people are familiar with some of the names
, but on the other, only one out of a hundred will tell you about
Babylon is all in addition to that
ancient state where he built the tower
to eliminate this misunderstanding, we will
be in the next few minutes, but will do
gracefully after all, the main mistake of everyone who
is trying to say Babylon immersion
The top ten difficult terms in the Bible
consider the top ten United Nations
sure no one has heard and complications
the story, but for the next ten minutes we
'll do it easier and try to express
the story of Babylon is on the shelves, but at the same
time it's clearly time for us to look
Alexander the Great x Murom
Nebuchadnezzar and a bunch of other famous
people you've heard of, but who are they
I know only remotely, but to begin with
, that this is not
a city state, but at the same time Babylon was often
the capital of a powerful state
and as an independent won
and obtained retrospectively
reliably the date of foundation is not
there are historians who agree that
this happened somewhere in the twenty-fifth
centuries BC to visually
understand the level of ancient times is a plus
the disadvantage at a time when Ancient Egypt
built the pyramid of Cheops is it worth it
consider the ancient Babylonians less
the Egyptians
no and no again because of problems with
underground excavations together
the location is often difficult
but even in the extant texts
referred to the so-called first
then generation there are people who even
having lived four and a half
thousands of years ago were the ancient
it is possible that they lived in the place
Babylon after all, there is clear
evidence of the existence of a
Sumerian civilization on the site, which
for the ancient Romans were just as ancient
like the Romans themselves, and only for you
and me, such flourish
Babylon was located 80 kilometers
to the South of the present day Baghdad in Iraq
location for those times perfectly
side by side near the Persian Gulf
The Tigris and Euphrates, designated
for irrigation and agriculture, analogy
neighboring Egypt, I suppose
what we watched our role in its history
over this river in the ancient times
anyway, the first few centuries
life Babylon was provincial town
The Sumero-Akkadian kingdom
occupied the territory
nickname Syria, Iraq, Iran and others
The countries worth noting were the only
presence of a Royal Governor
who collected tribute, but by the end
of the second millennium BC, the Kingdom
Born broke up and a bunch of mini
He claims that the first
thing they started fighting with each other
during internecine wars somewhere in the 19th
century BC
Babylon, and the
Amorite state came to the fore, capturing it
in the person of the leader of the sum of Obama, who founded
the dynasty and laid the foundation for the so-called
The era of old Velon Ska and his kingdom
lasted about a couple of hundred years
and is notable for the capture of Babylon almost
the whole of Mesopotamia from the Persian Gulf in the
south to Nineveh in the north
and a guy named Hammurabi, whom you
definitely know, but do not know
the true power
Hammurabi was the sixth ruler of this
dynasty, he united most
of the lands and issued a bunch of laws about
the second, talking about the 18th century BC, and
then on the territory of the Babylonian kingdom
it was already a law, although not
too loyal, and the Builder for the construction
of a poor house could be executed
, the doctor failed the operation.
I decided to say goodbye to your hands, and if
someone hid the slaves instantly
went to the gallows
These laws are carved on poles and
hung all over the country
what hints at a relative
literacy is also on him
a hint of the Babylonians' achievements in
Astronomy truth, but rather to say
in astrology
the guys tried to predict the future and
based on Venus and is engaged in space
however, only the priests
the study of stars and planets 4000 years ago
can not command respect like
the construction of many temples
monuments and architecture
view palaces and mathematical
the geometry of the Babylonians were already on
you
however, scientists agree that
guys, not much was invented and mainly
the developments of Sumerian ancestors
were used, which to this day have not appeared
, however, the cultural and social
contradiction between free people
, the king and slaves weakened the state and
Babylon was captured first
by mountain tribes, and then by people
living on the territory of modern Turkey.
After all, the state was ruled
by the mountain tribes of the Sith, who, however
, belonged to Babylon
, restored temples and promoted
classical culture unfortunately here in
the politics of the highlanders did not understand causing
the crisis of agriculture and total
raw materials and consequently political
dependence on Egypt eventually
weakened Babylon again in 1155 BC
. the era was captured
The Iranians brought me to me the city is gradually
losing power, for some time it was
the capital of its own state attempts
to regain greatness alternated
with failures - this is normal, the seven hundred and twenty-ninth
year BC
. The Babylonian kingdom has all become part of
Semitic Assyrians, but the culture of science and
education did not disappear, so
the future of the Jews preferred to preserve
Babylon as a separate Kingdom, for
which he paid
because the king of Babylon dreamed of
rebirth, which happened
in the six hundred and twenty-sixth year, along with
the coronation of heath, Sarah began
to return the city to power,
finished well, it is known to everyone
Nebuchadnezzar 2 sixth century BC
Babylon took away almost all the historical
land and built it in a new place
200,000 people surrounded by huge
walls and a moat, at the same time, according to legends,
Nebuchadnezzar built the legendary gallows
gardens, which are considered one of the wonders
of the world,
but their existence to this day
is in great doubt.
the opinion is that they were just invented, but the Tower of Babel
really
existed and was a
seven-story ziggurat, called so
Mina Ki in ancient times there were gods
, the temple was seriously considered a wonder of the world with
Nebuchadnezzar associates or loves
Babylon in the Bible, as we have already mentioned
Babylon at that time was liberated from
Assyria
, but at the same time led a not very peaceful
policy towards the seven local
Nebuchadnezzar, five hundred and eighty
-sixth year BC
, destroyed Jerusalem as a whole, and the Jews
forcibly moved to Babylon, and
carried out punitive actions
who consider the Babylonian captivity to be the
historical reason for the formation
of the Jewish community and identity, and
this led to the prediction of the destruction of Babylon
from floods and a dozen others
God's punishment, which best
symbolizes the history
of the Tower of Babel, after which people allegedly began
to cook in different languages and Babylon fell
into decline
, although it is worth noting that Babylon in
The scriptures of the Jews and said very good
, however, all the predictions of destruction
are still relevant
in 539 BC. It was taken
by the Persians destroyed almost everything, but only almost
King Cyrus belonged to the Babylonians am
faithful and tried not to interfere with their
way of life at this time
Herodotus visited Babylon, who described them as one
of the largest and most beautiful on the planet
and this despite the fact that many
the nests were destroyed in
the four hundred and seventy-ninth year
BC. in response to another uprising
, the Babylonian king Xerxes deprived the city
of independence, but not for as long
as in any history of those times, sooner or
later, the name that
turns everything upside down
this move and Sasha the Macedonian
, who swept the planet like a hurricane
, bypassed Alexander and Babylon, by analogy with
Sasha ordered Egypt to rebuild
temples and reconstruct the legendary
The Tower of Babel
, but after a while it is called
Babylon, their capital
unfortunately, in 323 BC
won all Macedonian
died suddenly, and with him to the grave
went and most of the plans
reconstruction of Babylon and the return of his
authorities then Babylon
never was powerful, so little time
here lasted Hellenistic way
life was built Greek temples and theatres
even the gods mingled, the East did not play
merged with Hercules
Marduk and Zeus Babylon continued to live, and
even from parts of the legendary tower
built next to the theater
, they built another city side by side, where
residents were partially relocated, but in the end
another Middle Eastern showdown
finally finished off Parthian Babylon
, a kingdom founded by Syrians Scythians and Persians
periodically, even by the Romans
, I will take someone here to the disco
Babylon does not only belong, and
the location of the city within the boundaries
of constant fighting is slowly
being destroyed, beating people
to live in a cursed place exactly at the time
when the last great city
completely deserted, historians can't
determine if someone is still talking
Babylon perished during the relocation
of the inhabitants built by
Adam sat down at the baby, someone opposite
keeps records of crusaders speaking
back in the twelfth century AD
Babylon was still the trouble that the city
, called Babylon, was in
Egypt, even in Europe, in fact
, the original city, as we have already mentioned
, gradually migrated from slender
, then settled in Kiev, and the Romans
called the city great, amazed
at the scale, and then the plague epidemic broke out
Under the guidance of the cashier, I am the empire that the new
Babylon itself, which the new owners of the Persians, for
unknown reasons, moved a little
higher, the city was named in the network in the background and for some
time it was even the capital of the empire
of Parthenia
, but then the hordes of Arabs staged
another disco in the Middle East
which, by the way, was partially discontinued
not today
, so the real reason for the disappearance
The banal decline of Babylon. 