[u][b][color:6db5=red]The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World (2)[/color][/b][/u]
[color:6db5=green][b]The Hanging Gardens of Babylon[/b][/color]
The Hanging Gardens were one of the most famous features of the ancient city of Babylon. But although archaeologists have found ruins that may be from the gardens, they cannot be sure. We only know that they existed because people saw them and wrote about them.
[color:6db5=darkblue]Nebuchadnezzar and Amytis[/color]
Greek and Roman writers tell us that the gardens were built about 600B.C on the orders of Nebuchadnezzar II,King of Babylon. This great city lay on the banks of Euphrates River, south of present-day Baghdad, the capital of modern Iraq. One story says that the king had the gardens built for his homesick young wife, Amytis, to remind her of her home in the mountains of Persia.
[color:6db5=darkblue]Watered Terraces[/color]
The Hanging Gardens were probably built near the river, overlooking Babylon’s city walls. They were made up of terraces, and the top terrace may have been up to 131 feet . Nebuchadnezzar had the gardens planted with every kind of tree and plant that can be imagined. These were brought from all over the empire by ox cart and river barge. Figs, almonds, walnuts trees, pomegranates, rock roses, water lilies, and incense bushes may all have grown in the garden.
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