Site MapHome PageSite Map

E N C Y C L O P E D I A

Babylonia


                                                                                
Babylonia 
                                                                                  was 
                                                                                  an 
                                                                                  ancient 
                                                                                  state 
                                                                                  in 
                                                                                  Mesopotamia 
                                                                                  (in 
                                                                                  modern 
                                                                                  Iraq), 
                                                                                  combining 
                                                                                  the 
                                                                                  territories 
                                                                                  of 
                                                                                  Sumer 
                                                                                  and 
                                                                                  Akkad. 
                                                                                  Its 
                                                                                  capital 
                                                                                  was 
                                                                                  Babylon. 
                                                                                  The 
                                                                                  earliest 
                                                                                  mention 
                                                                                  of 
                                                                                  Babylon 
                                                                                  can 
                                                                                  be 
                                                                                  found 
                                                                                  in 
                                                                                  a 
                                                                                  tablet 
                                                                                  of 
                                                                                  the 
                                                                                  reign 
                                                                                  of 
                                                                                  Sargon 
                                                                                  of 
                                                                                  Akkad, 
                                                                                  dating 
                                                                                  back 
                                                                                  to 
                                                                                  around 
                                                                                  2400 
                                                                                  BC. 
                                                                                  

                                                                                
 
                                                                                  See 
                                                                                  also: 
                                                                                  Babylonia 
                                                                                  and 
                                                                                  Assyria, 
                                                                                  Babylonian 
                                                                                  law, 
                                                                                  Babylonian 
                                                                                  literature 
                                                                                  and 
                                                                                  science, 
                                                                                  Chronology 
                                                                                  of 
                                                                                  Babylonia 
                                                                                  and 
                                                                                  Assyria

                                                                                
 
                                                                                  

                                                                              

                                                                              

                                                                                    

                                                                                      

                                                                                        

                                                                                          

                                                                                            

                                                                                              

                                                                                                

                                                                                                  

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                      

                                                                                                        

                                                                                                          

                                                                                                            

                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                

                                                                                                              

                                                                                                            

                                                                                                          

                                                                                                        

                                                                                                      

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                  

                                                                                                

                                                                                                
 
                                                                                                  
 
                                                                                                    
 
                                                                                                      

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                  

                                                                                                

                                                                                              

                                                                                            

                                                                                          

                                                                                        

                                                                                        
 
                                                                                          
 
                                                                                          
Photographs, 
                                                                                            illustrations 
                                                                                            and 
                                                                                            clipart 
                                                                                            at 
                                                                                            Classroom 
                                                                                            ClipArt.com

                                                                                        

                                                                                        
 

                                                                                        

                                                                                          
 
                                                                                             
                                                                                              This 
                                                                                              article 
                                                                                              is 
                                                                                              from 
                                                                                              Wikipedia. 
                                                                                              All 
                                                                                              text 
                                                                                              is 
                                                                                              available 
                                                                                              under 
                                                                                              the 
                                                                                              terms 
                                                                                              of 
                                                                                              the 
                                                                                              GNU 
                                                                                              Free 
                                                                                              Documentation 
                                                                                              License.
                                                                                          

                                                                                        

                                                                                        

                                                                                        
 

                                                                                      

                                                                                    

                                                                                  

                                                                            
                                              
          		
           
            
              
        

        
 
           
           
        

      

      

        
 
           
            
 Home       
              Clip Art      Games        
              Encyclopedia       Links     Educators 
              Central      Lesson 
              Plan Central