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Considered one of the most important, beautiful and rich cities of antiquity, the city of Babylon spread in the south of the present territory from Iraq and was part of the Mesopotamian societies that were located around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The city of Babylon passed through many hands and was dominated by numerous societies since its location was of special importance and usefulness due to the fertility of its lands, the proximity to rivers and the growth of its center urban.

One can begin to speak of Babylon as the city that King Hammurabi made flourish in the 17th century BC, more specifically between the years 1696 and 1654. In this period, and due to its great power and intelligence, Hammurabi created the Empire Babylonian that, logically, had this city as the capital and center of all activities. This territory included the kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad, some of the oldest and most powerful in previous centuries. Hammurabi ruled the Babylonian Empire very efficiently, relying on the

establishment of serious and organized codes of coexistence among which the Code Hammurabi is the most famous today. In addition, it led the city to experience an important economic growth and cultural.

On the death of Hammurabi, and for the centuries that followed, the empire would be destroyed and the city of Babylon would be over and over again invaded by different groups seeking to exercise dominance in the rich region of the Mesopotamia. Thus, Babylon remained under the Casitas power in the thirteenth century BC, before passing into the hands of the Chaldeans, who formed the Empire Neo-Babylonian with rulers of great importance such as Assurbanipal, Nabopolassar and, the best known of them all, Nebuchadnezzar II (in the century VI a. C.). The latter would be the one who would return to Babylon the splendor that the city had once known, remembering among his achievements the magnificent Hanging Gardens (considered one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world) or the imposing Ishtar Gate (gate to the city) built with beautiful blue stones, decorated with lions and animals fantastic.

The history of Babylon would follow, after the Chaldean reign, with the Persian invasion in the 6th century BC and with the integration from the region to the Islamic world in the 6th century AD.

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