Babylon (ancient city)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite yes
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Babylonian_calendar
gptkb:Code_of_Hammurabi
gptkb:Babylonian_captivity_of_the_Jews
gptkb:Babylonian_mathematics
Babylonian astronomy
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Babylonian_Empire
gptkbp:cityWallLength over 17 km
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkb:Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:coordinates 32.5364°N 44.4200°E
gptkbp:declinedAfter Persian conquest
gptkbp:destroyedBy circa 539 BCE
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Robert_Koldewey
1899
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Tower_of_Babel
gptkb:Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon
gptkb:Ishtar_Gate
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Sumu-abum
gptkbp:foundedIn circa 1894 BCE
gptkbp:hasWall up to 12 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Babylon (ancient city)
gptkbp:languageSpoken Akkadian
Sumerian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkb:present-day_Iraq
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Euphrates_River
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Marduk
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Herodotus'_Histories
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Hillah
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Esagila_Temple
gptkb:Processional_Way
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Babylonian_Captivity
gptkb:Fall_of_Babylon
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Ishtar_Gate
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Esagila
gptkb:Etemenanki
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Babylonian_Chronicles
gptkb:Cyrus_Cylinder
gptkbp:notableRoute gptkb:Processional_Way
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Nebuchadnezzar_II
gptkb:Hammurabi
gptkbp:populationPeak over 200,000
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Mesopotamian_religion
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 2019
yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Babylon,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6