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بابل
Ancient city capital of Babylonia; 89 km South of Baghdad near the Euphrates (Firat). Babylon was one of the most famous cities in antiquity. Probably first settled in the 3rd millennium BC, it came under the rule of the Amorite kings around 2000 BC. It became the capital of Babylonia and was the chief commercial city of the Tigris and Euphrates river system. Destroyed by Sennacherib in 689 BC, it was later rebuilt. It attained its greatest glory as capital of the Neo-Babylonian empire under Nebuchadrezzar II (605–561 BC). Babylonians opened its gates to the liberation army of Cyrus the Great who set slaves, including displaced Jews free. Macedonian Alexander, who took the city in 331 BC, died there. The largest city in the world at the time, Babylon contained many temples, including the great temple of Marduk with its associated ziggurat, which was apparently the basis for the story of the Tower of Babel. The Hanging Gardens, a simulated hill of vegetation-clad terracing, was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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- Cyrus The Great Enters Babylon
- Alexander Gets Stuck In Darband
- Iranians Conquer Assyria
- Iran-Akkad Alliance Conquers Nineveh
- The War Of Carrhae Episode I
- Median Rebellion Suppressed By Dariush
- Alexander Dies In Babylon
- Cyrus Builds Babylon City Walls
- Cambyses Attends Akitu Festival
- The Coup Against Gaumata
- Intaphrenes Takes Back Babylon
- Dariush Defeats Nidintu-Bel
- Temple Of The Jews Inaugurated
- Xerxes Becomes The Successor Of Dariush
- Iranian Navy Defeated At The Battle Of Salamis
- World Cyrus Day
- Dariush II Becomes King
- Artaxerxes II Becomes King
- Battle Of Cunaxa And Return Of The Ten Thousand
- Bahram Goor's War Trainer Dies
- Perspolis Turns Into Ashes
- Nebuchadnezzar III Proclaims King
- Arakha Revolts In Babylon
- Persians Capture Athens
- Roman Emperor Caracalla Killed In Carrhae
- Orodes The King Of Kings
- Mehrdad I Captures Babylon
- Ecbatana Becomes Median Capital
- The Battle Of Mycale
- The Battle Of Plataea
- Hadrianus Makes Peace With Iran
- Ptolemy III Retreats From Susa
- Ardeshir Marries Mitra
- Seleucia Constructions Started
بابل
Babylon, Ancient Babylonian Empire
- Cyrus The Great Enters Babylon
- Iran-Akkad Alliance Conquers Nineveh
- Cambyses Attends Akitu Festival
- Dariush Defeats Nidintu-Bel
- Dariush II Becomes King
- Arakha Revolts In Babylon
- Ecbatana Becomes Median Capital
- Hadrianus Makes Peace With Iran
- Ardeshir Marries Mitra
بابلیان
- Cyrus The Great Enters Babylon
- Iran-Akkad Alliance Conquers Nineveh
- Cambyses Attends Akitu Festival
- Dariush Defeats Nidintu-Bel
- Dariush II Becomes King
- Arakha Revolts In Babylon
- Ecbatana Becomes Median Capital
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