![]() Babylon may have been an important cultural center during the period of the early Sumerian city-states (before 2000 B.C.), but the corresponding archaeological levels of the site are below the present water table and remain unexplored.īabylon emerged from anonymity shortly after 2000 B.C., a period roughly contemporary with the Hebrew patriarchs. The English names Babylon and Babel ( Genesis 10:10 Genesis 11:9 ) are translated from the same Hebrew word ( babel ). ![]() History The city of Babylon was founded in unknown antiquity on the river Euphrates, about 50 miles south of modern Baghdad. Babylon was a city-state in southern Mesopotamia during Old Testament times, which eventually became a large empire that absorbed the nation of Judah and destroyed Jerusalem.
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