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the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC
(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another
the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written
an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
Babylonian god of storms and wind
a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam)
the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world'