The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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The Hanging Gardens of BabylonBy: Sofia Gonzalez
Location• The Gardens were built in the city state
of Babylon which is modern day Iraq• In 600 BC the gardens were built • There is still speculation about whether
or not the gardens actually existed. • If they did exist, the gardens would be
in non recognizable ruins now
Purpose King Nebuchadnezzar II built the
gardens for his homesick wife, Amytis To remind Amytis of her homeland Amytis was princess of Media, a very
mountainous and green nation Babylon was dry and flat Used as a garden/greenhouse
Uniqueness The structure had a lot of plants, but
since Babylon was very dry it was rare to see green. It was also very hard to irrigate the all the plants in the gardens.
It took 42 – 43 years to build the gardens
The structure was made out of mud bricks and was waterproofed with lead.
Ancient foresight Some similar structures include…
① Angkor Wat in Angkor, Cambodia② Ananda Temple in Pagan, Myanmar
If the gardens were real, they would be the second oldest wonders of the ancient world
The only wonder whose archaeological remains cannot be verified
Ruins from 1932
The Angkor Wat
Ananda Temple
Sources http://www.unmuseum.org/hangg.htm http://www.personal.psu.edu/amp5364/
HangingGardens.html http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/seven-wonder-
ancient-world2.htm http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?
activity_id=6195 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/
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