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Title

 Hanging Gardens of Babylon 

Latitude

 33.33761 

Longitude

 44.42265 

Place

 Baghdad, Iraq 

Geocoding Status

 The geocoder found no matches. 

World_Time

 Ancient 

Image_Url

 /thumbnails/Gardens.png 

Link_Url

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon 

Brief

 It was not until the reign of Naboplashar (625-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty that the Mesopotamian civilization reached its ultimate glory. His son, Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) is credited for building the legendary Hanging Gardens. It is said  

Year_Constructed

 562 B.C 

Description

 Ancient accounts of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are scarce. Although several ancient Greek writers describe them, none ever saw them. And, "hanging gardens" was never mentioned on any of the numerous clay-tablet records that archaeologists excavated fr 

Description_2

 What remains of what is widely believed to be the Hanging Gardens site is mainly red brick rubble. 

Tooltips

  <img width='55px' height='38px' src='http://wondersoftheworld.idvsolutions.com/Shared%20Documents/thumbnails/Gardens.png'><br><p><b>Hanging Gardens of Babylon</b><BR><b>Type:</b> Ancient<br><b>Location: </b>Baghdad, Iraq<br><b>Built:</b> 562 B.C</p> 

Details

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            Baghdad, Iraq</td>
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            Ancient accounts of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are scarce. Although several ancient Greek writers describe them, none ever saw them. And, "hanging gardens" was never mentioned on any of the numerous clay-tablet records that archaeologists excavated fr</td>
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            What remains of what is widely believed to be the Hanging Gardens site is mainly red brick rubble.</td>
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<td><a target='_blank' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Gardens_of_Babylon'>
    Wikipedia</a>
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LargeImage

 /details_jpgs/Gardens.jpg 
Attachments
Content Type: VFSP Geo List
Created at 7/11/2007 3:59 PM  by Keith Stoneman 
Last modified at 7/19/2007 3:29 PM  by Keith Stoneman