Babylon sat on the Euphrates River, which also filled moats surrounding the city's massive walls - a combination of defenses that made the city seem impregnable.
Muti wa Babilona a wu ri ekusuhi ni Nambu wa Yufrata, lowu a wu tate ni migerho leyi rhendzeleke makhumbi lamakulu ya muti, ku nga swilo swin'wana swo tisirhelela ha swona leswi a swi endla leswaku muti lowu wu vonaka onge a wu nge hlaseriwi nikatsongo.