Abstract: The Babylonian kingdom

get on with of Nebuchadnezzar 2 was a time of scotch prosperity and ethnical revival of Babylonia. Babylon has establish the largest city in the Ancient East, with a population of intimately 200,000 people. At hotshot end of the city was a colossal royal palace, and on the separate - the main sanctuary of the Babylonians - Esagila. It was a square building, from each one side of which had a length of cd meters. Integrated with esahyloy was placed to the south of the seven-story ziggurat (stepped pyramid) is 91 meters graduate(prenominal), cal lead Etemenanki was splendid (Temple cornerstone of paradise and earth). Named in the leger Tower of Babel in ancient measure it was considered one of the wonders of the world. At the top of the tower, which led outdoor stairs, It was a sanctuary of arrogant god Marduk. ane of the wonders of the world considered as the Hanging Gardens, which rest on the high stone w onlys that unploughed the soil and alien trees. These garde ns were intended for the married woman of Nebuchadnezzar Amitidy that missed their places on the mountain of the Medes.\nWhen Nebuchadnezzar 2 Babylon turned into a mighty strength. He was skirt by a doubled wall, whose height reached 14 meters. City surrounded by a deep and capacious ditch with water. afterward the death of Nebuchadnezzar 2, after a big internecine jumble for power came Nabonyd (556-539 BC), who came from a family of Syrian leader. He conquered in 553 BC city ​​Harran. Nabonyd actively promoted the cult of the supreme god son, what has enkindle the priesthood. Nabonyd moved into township Taymiyyah his residence and left(p) in Babylon regain of his son Bel-shar-utsuru (biblical Belshazzar).\n in brief the eastern borders of Babylonia, a new confrontation - the Iranians seized the Media, Lydia, and many other countries. In the jounce of 639, the Persians began to advance on Babylon. In grand of that year in the city, they smote Description Babylonian army, commanded by Prince Bel-layer utsur. With no support among the nobleness and priesthood Nabonyd surrendered and in October 639, the Persian king, Cyrus entered Babylon 2. First, the policy of the Persians was soothing. Were allowed all religions. The people, resettled to a lower place the rule novovavilonskoyi dynasty, was allowed to harvest-feast home. But briefly the Persian duette and become amplified in 522-521 BC in 484-482 BC light-headed up some(prenominal) revolts against the Persians. Babylonia has evolved into one of the satrapies of the Persian empire.