Military EmpiresChapter 7
The Chaldeans7-2
A. Conquerers B. Called themselves BabyloniansC. Babylon
1. capital city2. population 1 million3. world’s richest city4. police force, postal system
I. BabylonA. Protected by huge brick walls that were
guarded by archersB. Center of city stood palaces & templesC. Had a huge ziggurat in the center that
stood 300 ft. high with a gold roof
II. King’s PalaceA. Hanging gardens
1. layered beds of earth planted with large trees & masses of flowering vines & shrubs
2. looked like they were hanging in mid-airB. King Nebudchadnezzar built the gardens for
his wife who missed her home landC. He also built a beautiful street near the palace
for the people1. paved with limestone & marble with walls of blue
glazed tile2. had a parade every year where they wheeled a
statue of the god Marduk through the street
III. Outside city centerA. Houses & marketplacesB. Artisans made pottery, cloth, & basketsC. Goods were sold to caravans – groups of
traveling merchantsD. Traders came from India & Egypt (made
Babylon very rich)
IV. AstronomersA. Babylon was a center for scienceB. Astronomers – people who collect, study,
and explain facts about the heavenly bodiesC. Believed that the sky revealed the gods’
plansD. Made one of the first sundials.E. First to have a 7-day week
*In 539 B.C., the Persians captured Babylon
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