Seven Wonders Of The World And Hanging Gardens Of Babylon

Today people search on google world seven wonders and also on famous world wonders The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were considered one of the original seven wonders of the ancient world. Were built in the ancient city-state of Babylon, near modern Al-Hilla, Babil, Iraq. Sometimes called the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis (referring to the legendary queen Semiramis).

The gardens were supposedly built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC. According to reports, have built the gardens to please his homesick wife, Amytis of the media, who longed for the trees and aromatic plants from their homeland Persia. [1] The gardens were destroyed by several earthquakes from the second century BC.

The lush Hanging Gardens are extensively documented by Greek historians such as Strabo and Diodorus Siculus. Over the centuries, the place may have been confused with gardens that existed at Nineveh, since tablets clearly show gardens. Writings on these tablets describe the possible use of something similar to an Archimedes screw as a process of raising water to the required height. [2] Nebuchadnezzar II also used large slabs of stone, which was unheard of in Babylon, to prevent water erosion.

These are the famous seven wonders:

     * Stonehenge
     * Colosseum
     * Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
     * Great Wall of China
     * Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
     * Hagia Sophia
     * Leaning Tower of Pisa

Other sites included on Sometimes Such lists:

     * Taj Mahal
     * Cairo Citadel
     * Ely Cathedral
     * Cluny Abbey 

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