Hanging+Gardens+of+Babylon

• Jahnobi Martin
=INTRODUCING: THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON=
 * Babylon received very little rain fall,and had to irrigate from the Euphrates River to provide water for the Gardens. They used a chain pump to deliver water to all of the levels.It was made up of two large wheels that were corrected by chains, on these chains were huge buckets. Below the buckets was a pool of water that they used as the source of water from the Euphrates River. When the wheel turned the bucket would dip into the water and take it to the upper pool. Then the pool at the top would be released by gates into channels all around the Gardens.**
 * ===**According to Herodotus a Greek historian,the outer walls of the Gardens were 80 feet thick,320 feet high,and 56 miles in width.Wide enough for a four-horse chariot to turn.**===
 * ===**Inside the inner walls there were fortresses and temples containing statues of solid gold**===
 * ===**Palm trees, green trees,fragrant plants and roses, almond trees, cypress trees, lilies and exotic blossoms which were native to Queen Amyitis's home land,could also be found in the Gardens.**===
 * ===**It is believe that several earhtquakes cause the destruction of the Gardens.Many arruge if the Gardens even existed.But so far there many remains have been found.**===

==**The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are considered to be one of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. They were built in the ancient city state of Babylon, near present-day Al Hillah, Babil, in Iraq. They are sometimes called the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis. The gardens were supposedly built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife, Amytis of Media, who longed for the trees and fragrant plants of her homeland. The gardens were destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2nd century BC.**==
 * Question: What kind of flowers were in the Gardens of Babylon?**
 * Answer: fig, juniper, cypress, cedar, myrtle, date palm, grapevine, and also willow**





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