Babylon, Iraq

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite yes
gptkbp:area about 10 km²
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Code_of_Hammurabi
gptkb:Nebuchadnezzar_II
gptkb:Hammurabi
gptkb:Belshazzar
gptkb:Nabonidus
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Babylonian_Empire
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Sennacherib
gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
539 BCE
gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad about 85 km south
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Robert_Koldewey
1899
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:King_Sumu-abum
gptkbp:foundedIn circa 1894 BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Babylon, Iraq
gptkbp:languageSpoken Akkadian
Sumerian
gptkbp:latitude 32.5364° N
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Babylon_Governorate
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Euphrates_River
gptkbp:longitude 44.4200° E
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Marduk
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Herodotus'_Histories
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Hillah
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Esagila_temple
gptkb:Etemenanki_ziggurat
gptkb:Processional_Way
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Tower_of_Babel
gptkb:Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon
gptkb:Ishtar_Gate
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:populationPeak over 200,000
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Mesopotamian_religion
gptkbp:restored gptkb:Nebuchadnezzar_II
gptkbp:significance center of ancient Mesopotamian civilization
gptkbp:status ruins
gptkbp:touristAttraction yes
gptkbp:UNESCO_reference_number 278
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 2019
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ishtar_Gate
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5