Babylon appears to have been founded a short time after the flood of Noah and about 2234 years before Christ. It was said that Nimrod laid the foundation of the city and of the kingdom of Babylon.
Nimrod was the son of Cush, grandson of Ham, and great grandson of Noah.
The oldest unambiguous attestation of Babylon is dated to the reign of the Old Akkadian king Sar-kali-sarri (around 2200 BC).
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Babylon means, then’ ‘the gate of God’. Babylon was situated upon the River Euphrates, above Borsippa.
During 18th century BC when Hammurabi was king, the city became a real territorial empire encompassing the whole of Mesopotamia after victories against Larsa, Esnunna, Assur and Mari.
The Assyria, who came from northern Mesopotamia, became the most powerful force in Mesopotamia in about 800 BC, conquering Babylon and adopting a large part of their culture.
The conquest of Nineveh and the overthrow of the Assyrian Empire were affected about 625 BC by Cyaxeres the Mede, and his ally Nabopolassar, the rebellious governor of Babylon, enabling the latter to found the Babylonian Empire.
City of Babylon
