Babylon Civilization

“ But they were men who built the city, not gods or demon. They were men. I remember the dead man’s face. They were men who were here before us. We must build again.” A once glorious city with an intricate society and civilization thriving with life. Now stands abandoned and mysterious. This city ended in ruins, due to selfishness, disobedience, and vanity. The empire of contributed to significant historical and moral lessons for society. To begin with, the city of Babylon was and is one of the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia, which now in modern day is Iraq. When King Hammurabi ruled Babylon became one of the most powerful empire by 1792 B.C. Babylon was was one of the largest city of the world containing 200,00 citizens; This large city was thriving with music, science, art, mathematics, astronomy, and literature. Of Course, everything that goes up must come down after King Hammurabi’s death the Babylonian empire started decreasing size and falling apart (Joshua J . Mark. Babylon. ancient.eu, 2011. web. 28 January 2016.) Even though this fall happened, Babylon rose again thanks to King Nebuchadnezzar “His son, Nebuchadnezzar II (604-561 BCE), renovated the city so that it covered 900 hectares (2,200 acres) of land and boasted some the most …show more content…
“By the Waters of Babylon”, by Stephen Vincent Benet, is an example of literary inspiration by historical and biblical events to create a unique text. Benet, used events of history of Babylon being destroyed by overwhelming power, and of Babylon of the Bible being destroyed by the excessive emotion of vanity, selfishness, and disobedience.Benet describes a scene of ruins of modern New York. “But the towers themselves look blind, for the gods are gone. ”(Benet) “By the waters of Babylon” is a warning sign, that if humanity doesn’t turn away and leave their selfish ways. Our civilization will end in