The story of Babel

Babylon is a charming ancient city, located at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. As early as around 1830 BC, the Amorites established the kingdom of Babylon with Babylon as its capital.

After the death of Hammurabi, the best king of Babylon, Babylon was constantly attacked by foreign countries. After more than 500 years of war, until the end of the 7th century BC, a new kingdom of Babylon was established under the leadership of Nebuchadnezzar. However, 88 years later, the new kingdom of Babylon was completely destroyed by the Persians. With the collapse of the Babylonian dynasty, the once famous ancient city of Babylon has gradually disappeared in the weeds.

During the period of the new kingdom of Babylon, Babylon was also the most magnificent and prosperous capital in the ancient two river basins. There are two walls inside and outside the ancient city of Babylon. The most spectacular buildings in the city are the Tower of Babel and the famous "Hanging Garden" in King Nebuchadnezzar's Palace, as well as the Tower of Babel, which is said to surprise and anger God.

After the Persians completely destroyed Babylon, people still remember the Babel of Babylon. In 33 1 BC, when Alexander the Great occupied barren Babylon, he tried to rebuild the Tower of Babel. However, it takes 10 thousand people to work for two months just to clean up the bricks and tiles of the abandoned tower. Finally, he had to give up the plan.

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The role of Babel

1, Nebuchadnezzar II showed his personal glory and majesty in the image of God in order to be immortal.

2, please the monk group in exchange for their support to stabilize the country. Mesopotamia is a place where religion prevails, with many temples and monks. Monks not only influence people ideologically, but also hold a lot of land and wealth. Without their political support, I'm afraid the throne will be unstable.

3. The Greek historians in BC 1 century thought that the Tower of Babel was an observatory. The new Babylonians believed in star worship, and the stars were gods. In their myth, Marduk is Jupiter.

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