Babylonia - LookLex Encyclopaedia. Ancient kingdom in Mesopotamia, lasting from approximately the 18th century until the 6th century BCE.
The rulers of Babylonia were of the Amoritic people. The Babylonian society was both an urban society and an agricultural one. Babylonia: country, language, religion, culture. In the fourth and third millennium, the alluvial plain witnessed the rise of the world's first urban centers and monarchies, together with the first attempts to write (in cuneiform script), to build temples, create monumental works of art, organize an administration, and build empires.
One of the first cities was Uruk, which in c.3200 BCE measured some 250 hectares. We do not know what language these "inventors of civilization" spoke, because the oldest texts are written with simple pictograms, which can represent any language. When in c.2600 these pictograms were for the first time used to represent syllables and abstract principles, a real script has been invented. By then, the people spoke Sumerian. Ancient Babylonia - History of Babylonia. Ancient Babylonia - History of Babylonia The once great city of Babylon, where the Jews were held captive for 70 years, became a symbol of power, materialism, and cruelty.
The city of Babylon was the capital of the ancient land of Babylonia in southern Mesopotamia. Babylonia, A History of Ancient Babylon.