The Babylon Mystery Part 1

Babylon [from the Akkadian bāb-ilû, meaning "Gateway of God"] was a city of ancient Mesopotamia, the ruins of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 mi) south of Baghdad, in the fertile Mesopotamian plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

The earliest source to mention Babylon may be a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (ca. 24th century BC short chronology). The so-called "Weidner Chronicle" states that it was Sargon himself who built Babylon "in front of Akkad" (ABC 19:51).

The Eastern Canaan Amorites conquered and settled in Babylon, making it their capital in 1959 BC. From there, the old Babylonian Kingdom was born. The Kingdom then expanded into a mighty Mesopotamian Empire under the rule of its famous king: Hammurabi, sometime in the 18th century BC.
At that time, Babylon flourished and became the cultural and economical capital of the entire Fertile Crescent. It also became the seat of the renown Code of Hammurabi, the first code of law in Human History.

It was the "holy city" of Babylonia approximately 2300 BC, and the seat of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 612 BC. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

It has been estimated that Babylon was the largest city in the world from ca. 1770 to 1670 BC, and again between ca. 612 and 320 BC. It was perhaps the first city to reach a population above 200,000.
It is recorded that Babylon's legal system developed a form of negligence law, and Babylon was probably the first culture to develop negligence law. In the common law world, the law of negligence was not fully rediscovered until the 20th century.

The video is a slideshow of pictures, mostly paintings, depicting the city of Babylon.
Some even show an exaggeratingly tall Tower of Babel.

While the Tower of Babel is considered fictional by some, many notable scholars say that it has been influenced by an actual ziggurat: the Etemenanki, built by the 6th century BC Neo-Babylonian dynasty rulers Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar II.

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[StrebProductions]

What has the Sphinx statue at 1:38 gotta do with babylon? please answere....:)

[nikmac2583]

Is there one of these for King Habburabi? I need it for a social studies project.

[Deathtogreece2]

Jerusalem "Ancestral home of all Jews" WTF Jews come from Egypt to Jerusalem Jews have no no country people with no land. nice they managed to squeeze in some propaganda as well that killed it for it

[Deathtogreece2]

@StrebProductions good chance the egyptians got their god from the Sumerians. the babylon gates have the the bull with the mans head with wings so most likely some kind of symbolism

[TheGuinnessboys]

@StrebProductions Well, Babylon did influenced the majority of religions and civilizations of the world. that might be it. 

[Elderyoungone]

@ 5:35 they had no chance.They had Archers shooting arrows.

[Elderyoungone]

@ 4:32 Babylon was Jerusalem too? Interesting.

[N8Revolution]

Interesting video .. More related info here AmazingDiscoveries.tv

[Kathrinoyo]

@chicharo1434 "the bible says, the bible says"- No point in arguing with somone who can not think for himself. God is most certainly embarrassed to have such ignorant and dumb followers.

[micheal683]

@ballinshotcallinpimp i am message you better

[micheal683]

@StrebProductions thats just picture i am from iraq babylon assyrian

that picure is the pyramids of egypt babylon had kind same its was called the babylon lion go google it and you will find it its was babylon lion

[ballinshotcallinpimp]

@Ravenous11yt so jews are evil ?