the hanging gardens of babylon
11Babylon — The most famous city of ancient Mesopotamia and possibly the entire Near East, and the capital or main stronghold of a number of succeeding political states and empires. The term Babylon is the Greek version of Babili or Bab ilim, meaning Gate …
12BABYLON — (Heb. Bavel, בָּבֶל, Gk. Βαβυλὼν), ancient city on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in what is now Iraq. (In contemporary convention, Babylon is used for the city name and Babylonia for the country. In biblical Hebrew בבל is used for… …
13Seven Wonders of the World — the seven most remarkable structures of ancient times: the Egyptian pyramids, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Templeof Artemis at Ephesus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, the statue of Zeus by Phidias at Olympia, and… …
14The Babylon Game — infobox Book | name = The Babylon Game title orig = translator = image caption = author = Katherine Roberts illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = The Seven Fabulous Wonders genre = Fantasy novel… …
15Babylon — noun the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia • Derivationally related forms: ↑Babylonian • Regions: ↑Mesopotamia • Members of this Region: ↑Babylonian, ↑Babylonia, ↑Chalda …
16House System at the California Institute of Technology — The House System is the basis of undergraduate student residence at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Caltech s unique House system is modeled after the residential college system of Oxford and Cambridge in England, although the… …
17SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD — the pyramids of Egypt, the hanging gardens of Babylon, the tomb of Mausolus, the temple of Diana at Ephesus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the statue of Jupiter by Phidias at Olympia, and the Pharos at Alexandria …
18Hängende Gärten von Babylon — Künstlerische Interpretation der Hängenden Gärten der Semiramis (Stich des niederländischen Künstlers Maarten van Heemskerck, 16. Jhd.) Die Hängenden Gärten der Semiramis in Babylon, auch die Hängenden Gärten der Semiramis, die Hängenden Gärten… …
19Kensington Roof Gardens — Part of the Kensington Roof Gardens The Roof Gardens (formerly known as Derry and Toms Roof Gardens and Kensington Roof Gardens) is a roof garden covering 6,000 m² (1.5 acres) on top of the former Derry and Toms building on Kensington High Street …
20Babylon — The Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning The Gate of God. In the Assyrian tablets it means The city of the dispersion of the tribes. The monumental list of its kings reaches back to B.C. 2300, and includes Khammurabi, or Amraphel… …
