Babylonia
Hammurabi's ancient realm
Babylonia was an ancient kingdom in Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq, centered on the city of Babylon.
It flourished from roughly 1900 to 500 BCE, producing influential legal codes, astronomical observations, and architectural achievements like the Hanging Gardens.
The Babylonians developed early mathematics and astronomy.
In biblical contexts, Babylon represents exile, captivity, or worldly corruption.
Babylonian supreme deity
- IshtarBabylonian goddess of love
- TiamatSumerian primordial sea goddess
- Enuma ElishBabylonian cosmogonic narrative
- templeSacred worship structure
priest · divination · omen · astrology · ziggurat · pantheon · ritual · sacrifice
Tigris-Euphrates river region
- empireDomain under unified control
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- zigguratStepped ancient temple mound
- NebuchadnezzarChaldean dynasty monarch
city-state · Akkadian · dynasty · Sumer · Assyria · ancient · kingdom · Chaldean
Confusion of tongues
- TowerCapitalized structure name
- NebuchadnezzarChaldean dynasty monarch
- exileBanishment from homeland
- captivityState of being confined
Daniel · Jeremiah · Jerusalem · deportation · diaspora · prophecy · Revelation · harlot
Middle Eastern republic
- MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
- TigrisWestern Asian river
- EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
- Fertile CrescentMideast arc where civilization began
floodplain · alluvial · delta · marshland · canal · desert · oasis · Tell
Science of celestial objects
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- zodiacCelestial belt of signs
- calendarDate-tracking system
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
tablet · scribe · library · star catalog · calculation · observation · ephemeris · cuneiform
Act of unearthing
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- steleInscribed memorial pillar
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
Tell · stratigraphy · museum · inscription · relief · pottery · brick · foundation
Marduk
Babylonian supreme deity
- IshtarBabylonian goddess of love
- TiamatSumerian primordial sea goddess
- Enuma ElishBabylonian cosmogonic narrative
temple · priest · divination · omen · astrology · ziggurat · pantheon · ritual · sacrifice · incantation
Mesopotamia
Tigris-Euphrates river region
- empireDomain under unified control
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- zigguratStepped ancient temple mound
Nebuchadnezzar · city-state · Akkadian · dynasty · Sumer · Assyria · ancient · kingdom · Chaldean · irrigation
Babel
Confusion of tongues
- TowerCapitalized structure name
- NebuchadnezzarChaldean dynasty monarch
- exileBanishment from homeland
captivity · Daniel · Jeremiah · Jerusalem · deportation · diaspora · prophecy · Revelation · harlot · Judah
Iraq
Middle Eastern republic
- MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
- TigrisWestern Asian river
- EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
Fertile Crescent · floodplain · alluvial · delta · marshland · canal · desert · oasis · Tell · mound
astronomy
Science of celestial objects
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- zodiacCelestial belt of signs
- calendarDate-tracking system
eclipse · tablet · scribe · library · star catalog · calculation · observation · ephemeris · cuneiform · school
excavation
Act of unearthing
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- steleInscribed memorial pillar
ruin · Tell · stratigraphy · museum · inscription · relief · pottery · brick · foundation · palace
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- Ancient KingdomsPersia, Assyria, Sumer, Kush, Nubia
- Ancient PersiaPersepolis, Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, Behistun inscription, satrap
- ancient historical atlasesworld maps, Roman Empire, ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, ancient civilizations
- SeleucidsSyria, Antioch, royal dynasty
BabyloniaPersia
Iran's former name
Persian Empire · Cyrus the Great · Greece · Macedon · Alexander the Great
- Babylonian captivityJudean deportation to Mesopotamia
- Whore of BabylonBiblical embodiment of depravity
- Babylonian mathematicsAncient Iraqi number science
- Babylonian EmpireAncient Iraqi kingdom, twice-dominant
- Babylonian astronomyAncient Mesopotamian study of heavens
- Babylonian exileJudean deportation to Mesopotamia