Babylonia Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Babylonia was an ancient state in Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. Its capital was Babylon. The earliest mention of Babylon can be found in a tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad, dating back to around 2400 BC.

The city of Babylon was found on the Euphrates River about 110 kilometres south of modern Baghdad, just north of what is now the Iraqi town of al-Hillah.

See also

• Babylonian law
• Babylonian literature and science
• Chronology of Babylonia and Assyria
• Babylonia and Assyria
  • Geography of Babylonia and Assyria
  • Classical authorities of Babylonia and Assyria
  • Modern discovery of Babylonia and Assyria
  • Chronology of Babylonia and Assyria
  • History of Babylonia and Assyria
    • Arrival of the Semites to Babylonia and Assyria
    • Early princes of Babylonia and Assyria
    • Semitic Empire of Sargon of Akkad
  • Assyria and Babylonia contrasted
  • Assyro-Babylonian culture
    • Babylonian literature and science
    • Art and architecture of Babylonia and Assyria
    • Social life in Babylonia and Assyria
  • Chronological systems of Babylonia and Assyria
  • Proper names of Babylonia and Assyria
  • Babylonian and Assyrian religion

Many of these articles were originally based on content from the 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. Update as needed.

External link

• The History of the Ancient Near East

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