Babylonian
Of Nebuchadnezzar's empire
Babylonian refers to the ancient city of Babylon or its empire, which flourished in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) from roughly 1900 to 500 BCE.
A Babylonian was a resident of that civilization, known for achievements in astronomy, mathematics, and law.
The term sometimes suggests ancient grandeur or decadence: Babylonian excess.
In biblical contexts, Babylon represents worldly corruption or exile.
Tigris-Euphrates river region
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- zigguratStepped ancient temple mound
- HammurabiAncient Babylonian king-legislator
- NebuchadnezzarChaldean dynasty monarch
Euphrates · Tigris · Akkadian · Sumerian · Assyrian · tablets · scribes · clay
Celestial belt of signs
- celestialOf the sky above
- omensProphetic signs or warnings
- horoscopesAstrological personality forecasts
- planetsStar-orbiting celestial bodies
stars · observations · eclipses · constellations · divination · calendar · lunar · ephemeris
Tall slender edifice
- captivityState of being confined
- exileBanishment from homeland
- JudahPatriarch and namesake tribe
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
Daniel · Shadrach · Meshach · Abednego · Belshazzar · diaspora · Zion · prophets
Symbols for quantities
- algebraMath using symbols
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- calculationsMathematical problem-solving work
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
algorithms · fractions · equations · astronomy · tables · measurement · surveying · reciprocals
Mesopotamia
Tigris-Euphrates river region
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- zigguratStepped ancient temple mound
- HammurabiAncient Babylonian king-legislator
Nebuchadnezzar · Euphrates · Tigris · Akkadian · Sumerian · Assyrian · tablets · scribes · clay · Marduk
zodiac
Celestial belt of signs
- celestialOf the sky above
- omensProphetic signs or warnings
- horoscopesAstrological personality forecasts
planets · stars · observations · eclipses · constellations · divination · calendar · lunar · ephemeris · astronomical
tower
Tall slender edifice
Jerusalem · Daniel · Shadrach · Meshach · Abednego · Belshazzar · diaspora · Zion · prophets · destruction
numerals
Symbols for quantities
- algebraMath using symbols
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- calculationsMathematical problem-solving work
tablets · algorithms · fractions · equations · astronomy · tables · measurement · surveying · reciprocals · Pythagorean
excess
Surplus beyond need
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
sinful · corrupt · debauched · indulgent · immoral · lavish · wicked · decadent · fallen · profligate
- ancient historyancient history, ancient world, classical antiquity, ancient empires, Mesopotamia
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- Ancient CulturesAztec, Inca, Mayan, Olmec, Minoan
- ancient languagesLatin, Greek, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, Aramaic
- ancient writinghieroglyphs, cuneiform, papyrus, scroll, clay tablets
- Dead LanguagesLatin, Sanskrit, ancient Greek, Old English, Hittite
Babylonianspartan
Rigorously simple, unadorned
ascetic · austere · monastic · puritanical · frugal
- Babylonian captivityJudean deportation to Mesopotamia
- Babylonian mathematicsAncient Iraqi number science
- Babylonian EmpireAncient Iraqi kingdom, twice-dominant
- Babylonian astronomyAncient Mesopotamian study of heavens
- Babylonian exileJudean deportation to Mesopotamia