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  1. Capital of Babylonia in the 2nd and 1st century BC.
  2. Any city of great wealth,luxury and vice.
  3. (Rastafarianism) Term for the so-called white man's civilization.

Babylon was an ancient city in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), the ruins of which can be found in present-day about 80km south of Baghdad. It was the "holy city" of Babylonia from around 2300 BC. Metaphorically, the term Babylonia denotes any city of great wealth, luxury and vice, taken to an extreme by Rastafarianism which uses the term for the so-called white man's civilization.

Confusion

In the Bible the term babel interpreted by Genesis 11:9 to mean "confusion", from the verb balal, "to confuse".

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Babylon was an important city, both politically and aesthetically. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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