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Babylon
Babylon
Babylon, Iraq, was a significant city in ancient Mesopotamia, in the fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The city was built upon the Euphrates and divided in equal parts along its left and right banks, with steep embankments to contain the river's seasonal floods. Babylon was originally a small Semitic Akkadian city dating from the period of the Akkadian Empire c. 2300 BC.
Site Information
Country: Iraq
District: Babil Governorate
Site History: Third Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Akkadian
Later Cultures: Babylonia
Site Features: Babylonian Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Official Name: Babylon - Cultural Landscape and Achaeological City
Date of Submission: 2003
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