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PMR529-02 Iraq, Babylon ("Bab El" = "Gate of the Gods"): probably dating from the third millennium BC, capital of southern Mesopotamia under Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC), later the greatest city of its day under Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC): loose reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate (the original is in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin). Keywords: architecture, natural heritage, colourful, Islam, Muslim, Mesopotamia

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PMR529-02
Upload Date: 2013-04-30 15:26:24
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Iraq, Babylon ("Bab El" = "Gate of the Gods"): probably

dating from the third millennium BC, capital of southern Mesopotamia under Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC), later the greatest city of its day under Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC):
loose reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate (the original is in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin).
Keywords: architecture, natural heritage, colourful, Islam, Muslim, Mesopotamia