Ancient Babylon

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite yes
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Babylonian_Empire
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkb:Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:currency shekel
gptkbp:declinedAfter Persian conquest
gptkbp:defensiveWalls yes
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Persian_Empire
539 BCE
gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad about 85 km south
gptkbp:district grid layout
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Robert_Koldewey
1899
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Tower_of_Babel
gptkb:Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon
gptkbp:flourishedDuring 18th century BCE
gptkbp:foundedBy Ammurapi
gptkbp:governedBy city-state system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ancient Babylon
gptkbp:languageSpoken Akkadian
Sumerian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkb:present-day_Iraq
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Marduk
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Herodotus'_Histories
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Etemenanki_ziggurat
gptkb:Ishtar_Gate
gptkb:Processional_Way
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Babylonian_Captivity
gptkb:Siege_of_Babylon
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Enuma_Elish
gptkb:Stele_of_Hammurabi
gptkb:Babylonian_Chronicles
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Nebuchadnezzar_II
gptkb:Hammurabi
gptkbp:populationPeak over 200,000
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Code_of_Hammurabi
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Mesopotamian_religion
gptkbp:river gptkb:Euphrates
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Anatolia
gptkb:Indus_Valley_Civilization
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 2019
yes
gptkbp:website gptkb:Hillah,_Iraq
gptkbp:writingSystem cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Astronomical_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6