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Babylon (Arabic: بابل, Babil; Akkadian: Bābili(m);[1] Sumerian logogram: KÁ.DINGIR.RAKI;[1] Hebrew: בבל, Bābel;[1] Greek: Βαβυλών, Babylōn) was an Akkadian city-state (founded in 1867 BC by an Amorite dynasty) of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 mi) south of Baghdad. Babylon, along with Assyria to the north, was one of the two Akkadian nations that evolved after the collapse of the Akkadian Empire, although it was rarely ruled by native Akkadians. All that remains of the original ancient famed city of Babylon today is a mound, or tell, of broken mud-brick buildings and debris in the fertile Mesopotamian plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The city itself was built upon the Euphrates, and divided in equal parts along its left and right banks, with steep embankments to contain the river's seasonal floods.
Originally posted by icepack
reply to post by GrinchNoMore
just one example: the american people own more money, gold, houses, cars than ever before.
the per head wealth has never been higher.
The Whore of Babylon is a religion that sits on 7 hills that comprise a city.
Originally posted by jmdewey60
reply to post by DavidsHope
No.
There are two references to Babylon and you are citing one. In that one, in Rev. 14, it is just an angel declaring the great city has fallen. There would be the "polis".
In the other place in Revelation, which describes it and how to understand it, that word is not found.
Originally posted by jmdewey60
reply to post by undo
Jesus says it in the Gospels, that they honor the prophets with shrines but they murdered them back when they were around.
John also says that Babylon is where Jesus was crucified.