Hanging Gardens of Babylon Ever Really Exist?

Babylon, the capital of Babylonia, ancient empire of Mesopotamia is a city located near the Euphrates river, now known as southern Iraq.

Historically, the first dynasty of Babylon established by Hammurabi in Neo-Babylonian period after the destruction of the Assyrian empire. Babylon became one of the most important city in the time of the ancient Middle East when Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC) made ​​it the capital of the kingdom of Babylon.

Literature Babylonians built very nice and cuneiform records have been found showing the religion, history and science is growing.

Medicine, chemistry, alchemy, botany, mathematics and astronomy are also practiced. Religion and ancient writings that shaped cuneiform is derived from an older culture Sumer. They also developed an abstract form of writing based on cuneiform symbol (wedge-shaped). This paper was written on wet clay and baked in the sun.

"Tales of creation" Babylonians are written in seven sheets of clay and displayed and read out on New Year festival in Babylon. These sheets tells about the success of God City of Babylon, Marduk Marduk and how it can be a supreme god, the king of all gods in heaven and earth.

Babylonians had a number of more advanced system than we have now, with a basic system with 60 positions. They also create a table to assist in the calculation process. They share the same day as we now do, 24 hours with 60 minutes to every hour and every 60 minutes *******

This Babylonian customs influence the Assyrian nation and contributed to the history of the Middle East and Western Europe in the future.

Babylon's decline and fall into anarchy around 1180 BC, but then grew again as the state of the Assyrian Empire after the 9th century BC.

Finally destroyed Babylon in 689 BC by the Assyrians under the leadership of SennaCherib, but re-built again. Nabopolassar founded what is now known as the Chaldean or New Babylonian Empire in 625 BC, and finally reached its golden age under the reign of his son Nebuchadnezzar (604-562 BC).

Glory and splendor of Babylon became famous and legendary ride his throne since Nebuchadnezzar, who is believed to be the founder of Garden of Babylon Dependent.

Mentioned that the park was built by Nebuchadnezzar to entertain his wife or his concubine who is very fond of being in the area surrounded by mountains. Since then the park depends, one of the seven wonders of the world are expected there.

In Babylonian literature, there were no historical records about the parks dependent, and highly descriptive statements derived from the Greek historians. In the slabs of clay that comes from the period of Nebuchadnezzar, descriptions of his palace, the city of Babylon and the walls were found, but none of the references found on the park depends.

Some historians believe that the legend of the park is just a story relies on a mixture of garden and palm trees at Mesopotamia, the palace of Nebuchadnezzar, the Tower of Babel and the ziggurats told by Alexander's soldiers when they return home.

Tower of Babel


Ziggurats

In this century, some structures that are part of the park is expected to rely to find. Archeologists are collecting evidence to reach conclusions about the location of the park, irrigasinya system, and the original form.

The source of the Greeks say that the garden depends shaped quadrangular, each side of length 4 plethora, of arched vaults at its foundation. This park has plants grown above ground, and the roots of this plant is attached on the upper terrace, not in the earth. The whole mass is supported by Colom rocks. Water is pumped up and allowed to flow down the slope, irrigate the plants.

Recent Excavations Archaeology managed to find the foundation of the palace of Nebuchadnezzar. Other findings that support the park depends included under the building with thick walls and irrigation near the southern palace.

Archeologist group did a survey in the southern palace and reconstructed under the building as a garden depends. Greek historian, Strabo says that the park is located on the river Euphrates dependent.

Others argue that the location is very far from the river Euphrates based on findings from underneath the building which is located a few hundred yards from the creek.

Place of its being the palace has been reconstructed and is expected to depend park located in the area that stretches from the river to the palace. Massive wall, 25 feet thick, was recently discovered on the riverbank, which likely is a step to form the terraces described in Greek references.

Until now, the legend of Parks Depending still can not ascertain the truth and still not be said too that only fairy tales. Archeologist are still trying to find evidence of relic of Nebuchadnezzar.

In the year 538 BC, the last leader of Babylon surrendered to Cyrus the Great of Persia. And this is a sign of the end of the Chaldean and Babylonian dynasty.