The City of Babylon

by Stephanie Dalley

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316501779
• ISBN13: 9781316501771
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 9.5"