Babylon
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, Rune Rattenborg
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 11, 2024 03:18 PM
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History
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893951
32.53729695, 44.42497815
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Bābīl (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of آثار بابل (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Babil (750 BC - AD 640)
- Babylon (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Βαβυλών (Babylon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Bābili (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 100 BC)
- Bābilim (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- بابيل (Bābīl: Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Eridu (Sumerian, 720 BC - 100 BC)
- Ka-dingirra (Sumerian, 720 BC - 100 BC)
- Šuanna (Akkadian, 720 BC - 100 BC)
- Babylon connection Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Babylon part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Marduk Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- New City/Newtown part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (2000 BC - 30 BC)
- North Palace at Babylon part of (administrative) Babylon (720 BC - 30 BC)
- Nēmed-Enlil bounds Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II located at Babylon (unspecified date range)
- Seashore Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 30 BC)
- Sun of the Gods Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 30 BC)
- TE.E part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Tell Babil part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Tell Babil connection Babylon (unspecified date range)
- Tuba part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Uraš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Zababa Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- nu-x-ù part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Šamaš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Šuanna part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Šūhi Canal Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 30 BC)
urban area, settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 91 F5 Babylon
- BTTo
- Cohen 2013 130-138
- George 1992
- Iraq Significant Sites 007. Babil (ancient: Babylon)
- Koldewey 1911
- Koldewey 1914
- Koldewey and Wetzel 1931
- Koldewey et al. 1990
- New Pauly Babylon
- Pedersén 2021
- RIBo
- RLAss
- ToposText Babylon (Iraq)
- WHL 278: Bablyon
- Wikipedia (English) Babylon
- Wikipedia (German) Babylon
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F5 Babylon
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Amran
Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site on 5 July 2019.
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Babylon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893951> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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