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Babylonia - Ancient Mesopotamian Empire of Babylonia

Babylonia lay roughly between modern Baghdad and the Persian Gulf and much of it was between the Tigris and Euphrates River.
Babylonia
Babylonia was an ancient empire renowned for its law code. An Introduction to Babylonia and the law code of Hammurabi.
Babylonian Table of Squares
Babylonian Mathematics relies on base 60. Here is a Babylonian table of squares.
Kings List of the Neo-Babylonian Dynasty
These are the names of the kings of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty and their regnal dates.
Babylonia Timeline
Chronology of periods and events in ancient Babylonia.
Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent is a name for a relatively fertile arc-shaped area by the Mediterranean which covers Biblical lands, the Tigris and Euphrates, and the Nile Valley.
Babylonian Months
The names of the months in the ancient Babylonian year.
Mesopotamia
Short page explaining the name and location past and present of Mesopotamia, with a map.
Introduction to Babylonia - ANE Part II
An introduction to Babylonia, the powerful, long-lasting successor to Sumer / Akkad.
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city in Mesopotamia. It was the capital city of Babylonia from the second to first millennium B.C., and then of the Chaldean Empire in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C.
Iraq - Ancient Mesopotamia - Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria
Geographically, modern Iraq corresponds to the Mesopotamia of the Old Testament and of other, older, Near Eastern texts. In Western mythology and religious tradition, the land of Mesopotamia in the ancient period was a land of lush vegetation, abundant wildlife, and copious if unpredictable water resources.
Sumer, Babylon, and Hittites
Sanderson Beck on Sumer, Sargon, Gilgamesh, Isin, Larsa, Eshnunna, Mari, Assur, Babylon, Hammurabi, Kassites, Hurrians, Assyria, Literature, and Hittites.
Chaldeans
Map of the area of the Chaldeans and information on the Chaldeans.

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