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Ishtar Gate |
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Ishtar GateEnormous burnt-brick double entryway built in the ancient city of Babylon c. 575 BC. The gate was more than 38 ft (12 m) high and was decorated with glazed brick reliefs. Through the gatehouse ran the stone- and brick-paved Processional Way. Some 120 brick lions lined the street and some 575 dragons and bulls, in 13 rows, adorned the gate. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Alexander the Great, Baghdad, Cyrus the Great, Daniel, Hammurabi, Hanging Gardens, Herodotus, Iran, Ishtar Gate, Greece, Jeremiah, Mesopotamia, Nebuchadnezzar II, Red Sea, Tower of Babel, ziggurat Yet I could not help wondering how it would feel to be the refugee from Iraq standing next to me in front of the magnificent Ishtar gate of the castle of King Nebuchadnezzar, knowing that it was my ancestors who built the gate, in fact built the world's first temples and cities, created the first kingdoms and empires, and invented the very fundamental tools of human civilizations; the art of agriculture (ten thousand years ago) and the art of writing (five thousand years ago). |
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