Babylon

settlement · 2000 BC – 1599 AD

The ancient city of Babylon began as an Akkadian city-state founded by Amorites in 1894 B.C. The city was also the seat of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 608 to 539 B.C.

Coordinates

32.53730, 44.42498

Also known as

Aţlāl Bābil (ara), Babil (az), Babil, Babilon (af), Babiloni (sqi), Babilonia (ita), Babilônia (por), Babylon, Babylōn (grc), Babylone (fra), Babylonia (la), Babylonia (la), Bābil (ota), Bābili (akk), Bābilim (akk), Bābīl (ar), Eridu (sux), Ka-dingirra (sux), Āthār Bābil, Šuanna (akk), Βαβυλών (grc), Βαβυλώνα (ell), Вавилон (ba), Вавілон (be), بابل (ar), بابل (ota), بابيل (ar), ব্যাবিলন (bn), ባቢሎን (am), 巴比伦 (zho), 𐡁𐡁𐡋 (arc), 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (akk)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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