Babylonian Empire
WHS with clear links to the Babylonian Empire, either the First (Old) (19th–16th century BCE) or the Second (Neo-) (7th–6th century BCE).
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | ... offer a complete testimony to the growth and subsequent decline of southern Mesopotamian urban centers and societies from the Ubaid and Sumerian periods until the Babylonian and Hellenistic periods. (Nom file) | |
| Ashur | "Hammurabi, the Amorite king of Babylon conquered and incorporated the city into the First Babylonian dynasty empire following the death of Ishme-Dagan I around 1756 BC, while the next three Assyrian kings were viewed as vassals of Babylon." (wiki) | |
| Babylon | The capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626-539 BCE) (OUV crit 3) | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | King Nebuchadnezzar II led military campaigns against the Kingdom of Judah, particularly the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 587 BC, which resulted in the destruction of Solomon's Temple and the subsequent Babylonian captivity. (wiki) | |
| Tyre | Tyre successfully resisted a 6th-century-bc siege of 13 years by the (Neo-)Babylonian king Nebuchadrezzar II. It did however become a client state, and paid tribute to Babylon. |
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