a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture

a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC

(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another

the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture

a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC

(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another

the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written

an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)

Babylonian god of storms and wind

a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam)

the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world'