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Fall of Babylon. The fall of Babylon is a term often used to denote the end of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty after being conquered by the Medo-Persians (Achaemenid Empire) in 539 BCE.
Sennacheribâs proud account of the palace gardens he created at Nineveh fits that of the Hanging Gardens in several significant details (231). Babylon is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in modern-day Iraq 59 miles (94 kilometres) southwest of Baghdad. The name is thought to derive from bav-il or bav-ilim which, in the Akkadian language of the time, meant âGate of Godâ or `Gate of the Godsâ and `Babylonâ coming from Greek.