The rise and fall of Babylon
Subtitle: gateway of the gods
By: Anton Gill
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780857386649
Subjects: History
Description: Anton Gill charts the history of Babylon, home of the Hanging Gardens and a wonder of the ancient world in itself. He chronicles the city's rise under Hammurabi, its fortunes in the centuries that followed, its golden age under a dynasty of Chaldean kings, and the life of its last great king, Nebuchadnezzar II.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index.