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An exciting story of archaeological detection as well as a vividly written description of a little-known civilization. Dalley, a world expert on ancient Babylonian language, describes how deciphering an ancient Assyrian text-- and comparing it to sculpture in the British Museum-- provided the clues that enabled her to pin down where the Garden was positioned and to describe in detail what it may have looked like. "Identifies and locates one of the Ancient World wonders -- New description of a very early garden and the technology behind its water supply -- Identifies the early occurrence of the "Water-raising Screw" -- Links Assyrian texts and sculpture to later classical sources and explains legends surrounding the characters of Semiramis and Nebuchadnezzar -- Reassesses specific sculpture in the British Museum." --Publisher.

BPB1309 --- Histoire --- Geschiedenis --- Archaeology and history --- Gardens --- History, Ancient --- Seven Wonders of the World --- Archaeology --- Architecture, Ancient --- Art, Ancient --- Curiosities and wonders --- Ancient history --- Ancient world history --- World history --- Gardening --- Historical archaeology --- History and archaeology --- History --- Assyria --- Babylon (Extinct city) --- Babylon (Ancient city) --- Iraq --- History. --- Antiquities --- Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the --- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World --- World, Seven Wonders of the --- História --- ιστορία --- storja --- histori --- historie --- historia --- história --- история --- stair --- geschiedenis --- történettudomány --- povijest --- zgodovina --- history --- историја --- Geschichtswissenschaft --- storia --- istorija --- ajalugu --- vēsture --- istorie --- Geschichte --- historiografie --- storiografia --- dějiny národů --- historiador --- dějepis --- historická věda --- történelem

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Akkadian language --- Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian --- Akkadien (Langue) --- Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes --- Texts --- Textes --- Schyen Collection --- Babylonia --- Babylonie --- History --- Sources --- Histoire --- Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian. --- Schøyen Collection. --- Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes --- Schøyen Collection --- Akkadian cuneiform inscriptions --- Schøyen Collection of Western Manuscripts --- Vavilonii︠a︡ --- Bavel --- Bābil --- Babylonien --- Sumer --- Akkadian language - Texts --- Babylonia - History - Sources --- Akkadien (langue)

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The 2000-year story of Babylon sees it moving from a city-state to the centre of a great empire of the ancient world. It remained a centre of kingship under the empires of Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar, Darius, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids and the Parthians. Its city walls were declared to be a Wonder of the World while its ziggurat won fame as the Tower of Babel. Visitors to Berlin can admire its Ishtar Gate, and the supposed location of its elusive Hanging Garden is explained. Worship of its patron god Marduk spread widely while its well-trained scholars communicated legal, administrative and literary works throughout the ancient world, some of which provide a backdrop to Old Testament and Hittite texts. Its science also laid the foundations for Greek and Arab astronomy through a millennium of continuous astronomical observations. This accessible and up-to-date account is by one of the world's leading authorities.

Babylon (Extinct city) --- History. --- Babylon (Ancient city) --- Iraq --- Antiquities

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Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian