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	Babylon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian Babilu (bāb-ilû, meaning "Gateway of the god", translating Sumerian Kadingirra), an ancient city in Mesopotamia (modern Al Hillah, Iraq).
		The earliest mention of Babylon is in a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (24th century BC short chr.
		The early Persian kings had attempted to maintain the religious ceremonies of Marduk, but by the reign of Darius III, over-taxation and the strains of numerous wars led to a deterioration of Babylon's main shrines and canals, and the disintegration of the surrounding region.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Babylon (1767 words)

	List of kings of Babylon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		13 Dynasty XI of Babylon (Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean)
		These rulers did not rule Babylon itself, but their numbering scheme was continued by later Kassite Kings of Babylon, and so they are listed here.
		Assyrian Sack of Babylon, 689 BCE; Babylon is rebuilt by Esarhaddon of Assyria in the 670s BCE
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kings_of_Babylon (298 words)

	Babylon
		Babylon lies 90 Kilometers south of Baghdad, and 10 Kilometers north of Hilla the road to Babylon branches of the main Baghdad-Hilla highway.
		Babylon was further ruled by several other dynasties the last of which ruled in the later or modern era of Babylon and endured for about one century.
		The period of King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) is among the distinguished periods of reign in the ancient history of Iraq in particular and the ancient history of the middle east in general.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/babylon.htm (2472 words)

	Babylon - Tower of Babel - Crystalinks
		The earliest mention of Babylon is in a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (24th century BC short chr.), who made it the capital of his empire.
		It was under the rule of king Nebuchadrezzar II (605 BC-562 BC) that Babylon became one of the most splendid cities of the ancient world.
		This parallels the destruction of ancient Babylon, overthrown pursuant to the prophecy of the 13th chapter of Isaiah.
	www.crystalinks.com /babylon.html (2605 words)

	Babylon
		Babylon was the capital city of Babylonia in Mesopotamia (in contemporary Iraq).
		Elsewhere in the Book of Revelation, Babylon is the name of a whore who rules over the kings of the earth and rides upon a seven-headed beast, whose number is 666.
		A tablet dated 275 BC states that on the 12th of Nisan the inhabitants of Babylon were transported to the new town, where a palace was built as well as a temple to which the ancient name of E-Saggila was given.
	www.findword.org /ba/babylon.html (1971 words)

	Babylon, Iraq
		Babylon was renowned for its high, well-fortified walls and for the magnificence of its temples and palaces.
		In Akkadian times, around 2350 BC, Babylon was a small village, which in 5 or 6 centuries had grown in size and importance, mostly during the reign of the 3rd Dynasty, until it rose like a city meteor to deal the coup de grace to Sumerian authority in Mesopotamia under Amorite kings.
		King Nebuchadnezzar II rebuilt it in accordance with a new plan that took special care of its fortifications, and Babylon thus became the largest and loveliest city of its time.
	www.atlastours.net /iraq/babylon.html (985 words)

	Babylonia, The Last Kings of Babylon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The god of the moon rewarded her piety with a long life--she lived to be 103--and she was buried in Harran with all the honors of a queen in 547.
		It is not clear which powerful faction in Babylon supported the kingship of Nabonidus; it may have been one opposing the priests of Marduk, who had become extremely powerful.
		Aside from some of the inscriptions of the kings, especially Nabonidus, which were not comparable from a literary standpoint with those of the Assyrians, the main efforts were devoted to the rewriting of old texts.
	ragz-international.com /last_kings_of_babylonia.htm (1012 words)

	Love The Lord 2nd Kings Lesson 24
		II Kings 24:12 "And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign." This is speaking of the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzer's reign.
		II Kings 24:16 "And all the men of might, [even] seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all [that were] strong [and] apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon." The military men and the craftsmen would be used in the army of Babylon.
		II Kings 24:17 "And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah." Mattaniah, the uncle of the king of Babylon, was like a puppet king.
	www.lovethelord.com /books/2kings/24.html (1288 words)

	Babylon 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Babylon became an independent city-state by 1894 BC, when the Amorites founded a dynasty there.
		The imperial capital at Babylon was refurbished with new temple and palace buildings, extensive fortification walls and gates, and paved processional ways; it was at that time, the largest city of the known world, covering more than 1000 hectares (some 2500 acres).
		Under the Persians, Babylon for a time served as the official residence of the crown prince, until a local revolt in 482 led Xerxes I, to raze the temples and ziggurat (temple tower) and to melt down the statue of the patron god Marduk.
	www.strayreality.com /Lanis_Strayreality/Babylon3.htm (400 words)

	Babylon, Iraq
		During the reign of Sennacherib, Babylon underwent a constant state of revolt, which was only suppressed by the complete destruction of the capital.
		It was under the rule of king Nebuchadnezzar (605 BC-562 BC) that Babylon had become one of the most splendid cities of the ancient world.
		With this event the history of Babylon comes practically to an end, though more than a century later it was found that sacrifices were still performed in its old sanctuary.
	www.creekin.net /c4434-n88-babylon-iraq.html (1323 words)

	Babylon
		Babylon was the capital of Babylonia, the alluvial plain between the Euphrates and Tigris.
		Later Achaemenid kings treated Babylon with just as much respect, although there were insurrections during the reigns of Darius I the Great (by the Babylonian leaders Nidintu-Bêl and Arakha) and Xerxes (in 484, by Bêl-imânni and ama-eriba).
		Babylon was excavated between 1899 and 1917 by Robert Koldewey, a pupil of the great Heinrich Schliemann.
	www.livius.org /ba-bd/babylon/babylon.html (1542 words)

	IM NIN'ALU's Page - HISTORY
		The first Akkadian king mentioned is the same as the first Assyrian king, SHARYUKENU, known in history as SARGON, is to be identified with the Biblical ASHUR (Assur), founder of the Assyrian state.
		Then, the city of Babylon was growing in importance and wealth, until the achievement of hegemony in all the land of Shin’ar, also known as Chaldea, so that the old name of the land was replaced by historians by the most common denomination of "Babylonia".
		Ashur-uballit II The Southern Assyrian tribe of the Chaldees inherited the Assyrian Empire and settled the capital in Babylon.
	www.imninalu.net /kings.htm (621 words)

	Greek Philosophy
		The kings used the title Shar-sharim, "king of kings," but their aspirations to universal rule, well served by the unprecedented extent of their conquests, foundered on the scale of the brutality and terror of their methods.
		The daughter of the Median king Cyaxares was married to the son, Nebuchadnezzar, of the Babylonian king Nabopolassar.
		King Agesilaus II was given a banquet by the King of Egypt (this would have been Takhôs of the XXX Dynasty).
	www.friesian.com /greek.htm (12972 words)

	Games of Kings and Soldiers - KINGS OF BABYLON
		Kings are captured by surrounding them from all four sides, or three if the King is on the edge of the board.
		The Green King is obliged to move out the a column, and so, Green move his King to i4 winning on the next move.
		There is a ZRF to play Kings of Babylon with Zillions.
	www.di.fc.ul.pt /~jpn/gv/babylon.htm (173 words)

	Assyrian, Babylonian and Israelite History 8th Century - The Kings Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Kings of Assyria, Babylon and Israel 607 - 595 bce
		The premise of the 'King's Calendar' however, is that the Chronological Data and Synchronisms are factually correct, but that while the narratives (stories) that go with them reflect 'real' history, the Biblical Redactors mixed up the names of the Kings of Judah mentioned in those narratives.
		The King's Calendar merely insists that the Hebrew names of three kings of Judah have suffered transcription error that has effectively resulted is one king's actions and deeds being ascribed to his successor.
	www.kingscalendar.com /bible_dates_research/Research_bible_dates_viewnews_id_132.html (3518 words)

	Babylon
		This is because Babylon's "fall by fire" is one of five Endtime Catalysts.
		Babylon's fall in a Double Perspective for past sins---by fire for her sin of fornication and by quake for a long
		Babylon the Great will be "taken out of the midst" of the global System so Antichrist may be revealed.
	www.lastday.net /babylon.htm (4254 words)

	Persian and Seleucid Rulers of Babylon
		Captures Babylon during the regency of Bel-šar-usur (Belshazzar) in 538 b.c.e.
		Timarchos (Satrap of Media) proclaims himself King of Babylon 161-160; caught and executed by Demetrius in 160 b.c.e.
		Hyspaosines (Satrap of Characene appointed by Antiochus VII) 129-126; King of Babylon 127-126
	www.angelfire.com /tx/tintirbabylon/persian.html (539 words)

	Chapter 14: Syria Becomes the New Babylon
		The cooperation between the priests and the kings was generally very good, except when priestly power got so strong that they, in the time of the later Seleucids, began to dictate to the kings certain policies to be followed.
		This new calendar of Seleucus was important for it focused attention upon Seleucus as the new Babylonian king and by virtue of this, he was reckoned as the ruler of the central region of Alexander’s empire.
		Significantly, the king demanded that the population of old Babylon move to this new city on the Tigris.
	askelm.com /people/peo016.htm (2715 words)

	mininova : Movies > Documentary > The Kings- From Babylon to Baghdad (Divx 1h30)
		The Kings- From Babylon to Baghdad (Divx 1h30)
		Ancient kings leading the world's first armies were interested in one thing only total domination and their cities and empires.
		Babylon (Babylonian, Bab-ilim or Babil, 'Gate of God'), one of the most important cities of the ancient world, whose location today is marked by a broad area of ruins just east of the Euphrates River, 90 km (56 mi) south of Baghdad, Iraq.
	www.mininova.org /tor/276253 (262 words)

	Babylon Is Not Iraq!
		Thou, 0 king, art a king of kings: for the God of Heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
		And in the days of these kings shall the God of Heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
		So, the Babylon of Bible prophecy has NOTHING to do with the ancient city of Babylon being rebuilt, nor with modern Iraq anymore than with all of the other nations of the world.
	www.tribulation.com /babylon.htm (2462 words)

	History: Did You Know?- Kings of Babylon withheld water or released it in devastating floods. Learn how water was used ...
		Kings of Babylon withheld water or released it in devastating floods.
		In the 1800s and 1700s BCE, Babylonian kings such as Sin-muballit and his son Hammurabi used water as a military weapon.
		If the downstream king refused to bend to Babylon's will, the upstream king sometimes ordered the water released in a rush extreme enough to wash away farms and villages and kill thousands of people.
	reference.aol.com /mf_history/_a/kings-of-babylon-withheld-water-or/20050126201709990014 (168 words)

	Chronology from the Division of the Kingdom of Israel to the Fall of Babylon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In addition to the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah, I have provided the best possible dates for the reigns of the kings of the surrounding nations without undermining or contradicting what is written in the sacred text.
		The synchronisms concerning foreign kings have not been numbered; nevertheless, they have been addressed in the comments concerning the various kings of the surrounding nations on an individual basis where required.
		Synchronisms of the Kings of Israel and Judah
	members.aol.com /gparrishjr/998-538.html (389 words)

	Amazon.com: Divine Right Of Kings: Music: Babylon Mystery Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		As our story unfolds we see that though she may have no apparent enemies to her face she has many to be found in herself.
		Babylon Mystery Orchestra is a unique band, i first heard of them from a website i stumbled across.
		At first i didn't know if i liked the vocals or not, but they grew on me, the over all work of the album is very pleasing to listen to, and the individual tracks are varied enough so that it's not a boring listen.
	www.amazon.com /Divine-Right-Babylon-Mystery-Orchestra/dp/B00007LB2D (669 words)

	Kings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The third and greatest king of that time was the ruthless king of Nebuchadnezzer.
		He was once the crown prince of Egypt but he became the king of Babylon.
		He built the Hanging Gardens for one of his favorite wives, which is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
	www.cvesd.k12.ca.us /cview/301research/Babylon/Kings.html (248 words)

	*2006 * Academic Newsletters**2006* - The Kings Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		According to the King's Calendar Reconstruction of Israelite History, the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep II, was the Pharaoh of Egypt at the time of the Exodus.
		As the King's Calendar synchronises the Exodus event with a period in time that coincides with the absence of Pharaoh Amenhotep II from Egypt, it seems certainly within the realm of probability, that the historical events surrounding Moses dealings with the Egyptian Pharaoh, were actually with the Grandvisier Rekhmire.
		The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran is a study of the chronologies of the Books of Kings and Chronicles in the Bible, as well as of Josephus and of the Damascus Document of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
	www.kingscalendar.com /cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=viewnews&id=314 (9623 words)

	BibleGateway - Quick search: babylon
		The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in Shinar.
		Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, "What did those men say, and where did they come from?" "From a distant land," Hezekiah replied.
		During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years.
	www.biblegateway.com /quicksearch/?quicksearch=babylon (515 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Kings of Babylon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Nabu-šuma-ukin II Dynasty X of Babylon (Assyrians and Chaldeans)
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Kings of Babylon; all previous versions may be viewed here.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Kings_of_Babylon (425 words)

	Tower Records - Divine Right of Kings - Babylon Mystery Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		From the powerful arrogance of the opening track "We Are Power" we see this superpower of all time: MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT a lone superstate that all the wealth and power in the world emanates from.
		Along the way all sort of musical twists and turns guide the listener through the tale, employing violins, violas, cellos.We dare say: Heavy Metal may never be the same.
		Babylon Mystery Orchestra is based in Greenville, Alabama in the southern part of Mystery Babylon The Great.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=2816953&cc=USD (429 words)

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