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| - | '''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]]. In the [[Bible]] the term ''babel'' interpreted by [[Genesis]] 11:9 to mean "[[confusion]]", from the verb ''balal'', "to confuse". Babylon was an important city, both politically and aesthetically. The [[Hanging Gardens of Babylon]] was one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]. | + | '''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". | ||
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| + | == Hanging Gardens of Babylon == | ||
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| + | 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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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.
See also
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