ancient Babylon

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:abandoned circa 1000 CE
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Hillah,_Iraq
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Mesopotamian
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Babylonian_Empire
gptkb:Neo-Babylonian_Empire
gptkbp:cityWall gptkb:Ishtar_Gate
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkbp:currency shekel
gptkbp:declinedAfter after Persian conquest (539 BCE)
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Sennacherib
gptkbp:economy gptkb:art
agriculture
trade
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Robert_Koldewey
1899
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Tower_of_Babel
gptkb:Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon
gptkbp:founded circa 2300 BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ancient Babylon
gptkbp:influenced Greek culture
Persian culture
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Sumerian_civilization
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Code_of_Hammurabi
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Aramaic
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:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Esagila_Temple
gptkb:Processional_Way
gptkb:Etemenanki_Ziggurat
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Stele_of_Hammurabi
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Nebuchadnezzar_II
gptkb:Hammurabi
gptkb:Nabonidus
gptkbp:populationPeak over 200,000
gptkbp:religion Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:restored gptkb:Nebuchadnezzar_II
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Babylonian_Captivity
gptkb:Siege_of_Babylon
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Anatolia
gptkb:Indus_Valley
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes
gptkbp:writingSystem cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:algebra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4