Babylon rising. Nebuchadrezzar’s feats were built on those of his father, Nabopolassar, founder of the Chal­dean empire. Governor of the region of Chaldea, Nabopo­lassar seized the throne of ...

Cuneiform script, developed in Mesopotamia around 3,200 B.C.E., is the oldest known writing system. Closely associated with the legendary kingdom of Babylon, this distinctive script—seemingly ...

He turned Babylon into a petty kingdom made up of the city and a small amount of nearby territory. Babylon remained this way until, six kings later, a man named Hammurabi (1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C ...

Babylon was the capital of ancient Babylonia, a kingdom that flourished between 1,800 and 540 BC. Its Hanging Gardens were one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.