Tell about Babylonian ?

What was the original language before the Tower of Babel?

. In the Book of Genesis, chapter 11, Babylon is featured in the story of The Tower of Babel and the Hebrews claimed the city was named for the confusion

What does the tower of Babel represent?

which ensued after God caused the people to begin speaking in different languages so they would not be able to complete their great tower to the heavens (the Hebrew word bavel means `confusion’).

Did Nimrod build the Tower of Babel?

Babylon also appears prominently in the biblical books of Daniel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah, among others, and, most notably,

It was these biblical references which sparked interest in Mesopotamian archaeology and the expedition

by the German archaeologist Robert Koldewey who first excavated the ruins of Babylon in 1899 CE.

Outside of the sinful reputation given it by the Bible, the city is known for its impressive walls and buildings

its reputation as a great seat of learning and culture, the formation of a code of law which pre-dates the Mosaic Law

for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon which were man-made terraces of flora and fauna, watered

by machinery, which were cited b ancient writers as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Babylon was founded at some point prior to the reign of Sargon of Akkad (also known as Sargon the Great) who ruled from 2334-2279 BCE and claimed to have built temples

at Babylon (other ancient sources seem to indicate that Sargon himself founded the city).

At that time, Babylon seems to have been a minor city or perhaps a large port town on the Euphrates River at the point where it runs closest to the river Tigris.

Whatever early role the city played in the ancient world is lost to modern-day scholars because the water level in the region has risen steadily over the centuries

the ruins of Old Babylon have become inaccessible. The ruins which were excavated by Koldewey

and are visible today, date only to well over one thousand years after the city was founded.

The historian Paul Kriwaczek, among other scholars, claims it was established

by the Amorites following the collapse of the Third Dynasty of Ur. This information,

any other pertaining to Old Babylon, comes to us today through artifacts which were carried away from the city after the Persian invasion or those which were created elsewhere.

The known history of Babylon, then, begins with its most famous king: Hammurabi (r.1792-1750 BCE).

This obscure Amorite prince ascended to the throne upon the abdication of his father, King Sin-Muballit

and fairly quickly transformed the city into one of the most powerful and influential in all of Mesopotamia

Hammurabi’s law codes are well known but are only one example of the policies he implemented to maintain peace a