🇮🇶Babylon was a key kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia from the 18th to 6th centuries BC. The name-giving capital city was built on the Euphrates river and divided in equal parts along its left and right banks, with steep embankments to contain the river's seasonal floods.
🇮🇶Babylon was originally a small Akkadian town dating from the period of the Akkadian Empire c. 2300 BCE.