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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.+'''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]].
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 +Babylon has achieved considerable prominence throughout the ages as a symbol and by-word of [[wealth]], [[luxury]], [[decadence]], [[vice]] and corruption. The New Testament [[book of Revelation]], for example, mentions the city on several occasions in this role. More recently, the 1959 Kenneth Anger book ''[[Hollywood Babylon]]'' has characterized the American film industry along the same lines.
== Confusion == == Confusion ==
In the [[Bible]] the term ''babel'' interpreted by [[Genesis]] 11:9 to mean "[[confusion]]", from the verb ''balal'', "to confuse". In the [[Bible]] the term ''babel'' interpreted by [[Genesis]] 11:9 to mean "[[confusion]]", from the verb ''balal'', "to confuse".

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Not to be confused with Babylonia.

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.

Babylon has achieved considerable prominence throughout the ages as a symbol and by-word of wealth, luxury, decadence, vice and corruption. The New Testament book of Revelation, for example, mentions the city on several occasions in this role. More recently, the 1959 Kenneth Anger book Hollywood Babylon has characterized the American film industry along the same lines.

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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.

Babylon in popular culture

Due to the importance of Babylon in its time as well as the stories in the Bible the word "Babylon" in various languages has acquired a generic meaning of a large, bustling diverse city. As such, the word "Babylon" is used for various entertainment events or buildings. For example, sci-fi series Babylon 5 tells a tale of a multi-racial future space station. Babilonas (Lithuanian name for "Babylon") is also a name for a major real estate development in Lithuania.

In Rastafarianism

In reggae music the term Babylon is often used since it is an important concept in the rastafarian belief system, denoting the profane materialistic capitalist world or 'white man's civilization'.

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