The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the Seven Wonders of theAncient world, a list of seven tourist destinations of ancient times. The list of the seven wonders includes:
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Pyramids of Egypt
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
The Lighthouse at Alexandria
The Hanging Gardens were built in the reign of Nebuchadnezzer in about 570 BC. along with numberous other impressive works, after successful military campaigns against Egypt, Israel, Phoenicians, and Syria. Captives from these campaigns provided cheap labor for these works that glorified the capital of the empire. The Gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzer for his wife Amyitis. She was the princess of the nearby kingdom of Media, given in marriage to Nebuchadnezzer to cement allegiance with that powerful kingdom.
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