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by Highlander is semi-retired from AB on October 29th, 2007

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When was the Mesopotamian city of Babylon first established?

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  • by singwell-is off researching a lot on October 29th, 2007

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    Wikpedia: The earliest source to mention Babylon may be a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (ca. 24th century BC short chr.). The so-called "Weidner Chronicle" states that it was Sargon himself who built Babylon "in front of Akkad" (ABC 19:51). Another chronicle likewise states that Sargon "dug up the dirt of the pit of Babylon, and made a counterpart of Babylon next to Agade." (ABC 20:18-19).
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    But the city may have been much older than that. It has been equated with the "Babel" of Genesis 10 (which relates a story much older than when it was first written down c 2000 BC) and other scholars link it with Eridu, which was founded c 4000 BC.

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  • by dragonlady on October 29th, 2007

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    Somewhere in Iraq I think

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