A History of Ancient Babylon
Ancient Babylon, or Babylonia, was once known as a place that held much power, many material goods, and was also a land of cruelty. It was here that the Jews were held as prisoners for seventy years. The city, which was the capital of Babylonia, was located in the region of [...]
Law and Justice in Ancient Babylon
Law and justice played huge roles in Ancient Babylon. The sun god of Babylonia, Shamash was said to be the god of law and justice and therefore, Babylonians believed that he gave mankind throughout the world their different laws. The punishment for crimes varied greatly in Babylonia, depending on the [...]
Science and Ancient Babylon
Ancient Babylon was responsible for many of the scientific practices that we use in our modern world today. It seems that Babylonians touched almost every part of our world including the sciences, astronomy, the way our calendar works, mathematics, and medicine. All of the information that we now have about the [...]
The Economy and Social Structure of Ancient Babylon
Economy and social structure are a huge part of any civilization’s lives. This is the way that people live on an everyday basis and so, to understand the culture, one must first be able to understand what they did and how they went about their daily routines. The houses that Babylonians [...]
The Place of Gods in Ancient Babylon
Religion in Ancient Babylon was divided between the state’s religion and the private citizen’s religion. The religion of the state involved huge followings that were very much cult-like and there were grand temples devoted to the religion of the state. Private individuals also sometimes followed a different type of religion, [...]