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Event archaeological Middle East

Babylon

2300 BCE – 275 BCE

Capital of the Babylonian Empire, site of the Ishtar Gate, the Tower of Babel, and one of antiquity's greatest cities under Nebuchadnezzar…

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Ancient Mesopotamian city in Iraq

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