Ginral Travel & Tourism

Hanging Gardens of Babylon one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the only one that thinks it strange legend.
Allegedly built in the ancient city of Babylon, and the current location near the city of Hilla, Babil province, Iraq.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon is not the only strange that existed in Babylon, the city walls and the obelisk attributed
To Queen Semiramis also of the wonders of the city.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon attributed to Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled between 562 and 605 BC.
He said that the reason for the construction is to satisfy his wife, the Queen of Babylon, which was the daughter of one of the armies that his father teamed up with leaders who make great effort in conquering Assyrians.
And it was called Amets Almidonah which missed living in Persia were hills and hate to live in flats Babylon.
So Nebuchadnezzar decided that inhabited building in the hills above the Made in the hands of men, and in the form of gardens by terraces.

Parks Description:
The height of Gardens of Babylon, 328 feet (100 meters) - the equivalent of 4/3 height of the Great Pyramid. Surrounded by a fence and strong
Dungeons a thickness of 23 feet (7 meters), and I called the "terraces" to each other by Stairs, marble-backed ranks
Also of marble arches.
Stone-lined pools Flowers also made with metal bullets, placed on either side of each terrace and filled with many forms of trees, flowers and ornamental plants different.
And has a terrace on the upper Vskiet supplying water the rest of the terraces and gardens, this water comes from the River Euphrates by
Pumps run demolished by slaves.

Several Greek writers and wrote about Rmaniwon Gardens of Babylon, such as Strabo, Diodorus and Quintus Curtius Rufus.
Although it did not have any cuneiform texts describe these gardens, and there is no archaeological evidence shows her whereabouts.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Hanging Gardens of Babylon one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Hanging Gardens of Babylon one of the seven wonders of the ancient world


Scientists concluded that the possibility of using the old screw-like coil invented by Archimedes later was used for irrigation in Madrjathaddaiq Babylon. Their conclusion and built this on the descriptions that I mentioned the old books of the gardens, which reported that the garden irrigation it requires 8,200 gallons of water (37,000 liters) per day.

Gardens of Babylon mentioned in ancient texts:
Gardens of Babylon described in a number of ancient texts, the first text of the monk and historian and astronomer Buraotha who was worshiped the god Marduk and who lived in the late fourth century BC.
Authors did not know Buraotha only through quotations which quoted some of them writers (such as Yusuf bin Mattityahu).
There are five historians (in addition to Buraotha) wrote in describing the hanging gardens of their books still exist to this day.
These historians have described the hanging gardens size, how and why their construction, and why was the system used to irrigate gardens.

It is another source convey .. simple novel of the difference

Seven Wonders of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon .. eternal legend

Hanging Gardens of Babylon one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
Hanging Gardens of Babylon one of the seven wonders of the ancient world



Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Iraq, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and you know as well as hanging gardens of Semiramis, it was built in about 600 BC.
Nebuchadnezzar built the Queen Omiyetaa which was from the middle class in the country and came from mountainous areas to the land of Babylon was flat and longs to see the mountains and gardens and home media.

The garden is surrounded by a water moat which is about four acres in the form of balconies hanging on the height of 75 feet columns. It was the eight gates and was the most luxurious of these huge gates Ishtar Gate.

The average Laketan gardens and surrounded by a moat and city water to repel the invading armies. There are remnants of doubt among historians and archaeologists for the fact that there is this lost paradise never, since the excavations in Babylon did not find her firmly effect.

The garden of beauty and splendor picturesque was interference fun and joy to the human heart when viewed, and planted where all kinds of trees, vegetables, fruits, flowers and remain productive throughout the year, due to the presence of summer and winter trees, and distributed where statues of various sizes in all types of garden.

King has been used to build these parks Jewish prisoners who are brought from the Levant at the time and made them work day and night, and there was a large statue of the Iraqi Museum represents this incident, but after the last war was the theft of the statue, although it
It is a very huge first thing stolen from the museum.

To build outstanding gardens ... built Nebuchadnezzar the second great palace and the laying on its surface a large amount of plants and flowers with attractive colors so that covered the palace shaped like a mountain implanted with plants and flowers, and planted trees and flowers on the stone arches height of 23 meters above the vicinity of the Palace of land surfaces and was watered with water from the Euphrates by a complex mechanical system and was located on the eastern bank of the Euphrates river about 50 km south of Baghdad. Thrown much you like here and receive the latest ... thrown much you like here and receive the latest ...


The Hdiq Babylon is the most controversial of all the seven ancient wonders of the world, some archaeologists originally questioned

In their presence, but after some ruins discovered in Iraq and modern historians old days increased the belief of their existence.

Gardens built almost 600 BC, also known gardens "Semiramis" outstanding. Mingle truth myth

In the story Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and always mention that the most famous Babylonian kings of modern state, "Nebuchadnezzar" built for his wife Queen "Omahia", which came from a country called "Media" and the current place north-west Iran, was famous green parks

Evergreen and Zruaha. When I got married and moved to the King "Babel" he saw in front of her yellow flat land with no impact
For greener Vohst loneliness and longing, so the king to build parks specially.

King has been used to build these prisoners brought from the Levant at the time the gardens and make them work night and day

And planted in the gardens of Babylon, all kinds of trees, and vegetables, fruits and flowers, and were fruitful throughout the year because of
Seen summer and winter trees, and distributed in all the statues Onhaiha.
It is commonly described in the gardens she beauty and splendor of the landscape, the intervention of fun and pleasure to heart just by looking at them.

Gardens were not the rains fall heavily permit the growth of all these trees and plants, so they were able to raise all waters
This distance to the top of the Euphrates River, so that they can watering plants in each level.
And this was a huge task because of the lack of modern engines and pumps the pressure in the fifth century BC.

For because scientists do not Aarafov way genius full garden irrigation.
The implementation of these gardens on the surfaces of different levels of hierarchy and has taken shape, and appeared as if suspended in the air.

This high hierarchical gardens reached 92 meters and held at the highest water tanks to irrigate trees and flowers planted and that
Gathered from all corners of the Earth

Gardens of Babylon was a testament to the ability of one man to produce vegetable oasis in honor of his wife, who I love.

Moved from several sources