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The 32 pages that link to Babylon, each with the reason it gives.

• Achaemenid EmpireBroader topic: Its peaceful surrender extended Achaemenid rule into Mesopotamia.

• MesopotamiaBroader topic: Babylon later became the region’s best-known imperial and cultural center.

• EuphratesBroader topic: The river ran through the city and supported its agriculture and transport.

• Nebuchadnezzar IIBroader topic: Nebuchadnezzar transformed the capital with enlarged defenses, temples, and ceremonial spaces.

• Cyrus CylinderBroader topic: The cylinder was found at Babylon and describes Cyrus’s rule there.

• Babylonian calendarBroader topic: The calendar takes its name from the city whose scribes standardized its use.

• BabyloniaBroader topic: The city was Babylonia’s political and religious center and gave the civilization its name.

• Babylonian EmpireBroader topic: The city gave these states their name and served as their political and cultural center.

• Sacred prostitutionBroader topic: Herodotus’s account of an alleged sexual rite there is the best-known case behind the label.

• History of IraqBroader topic: Its successive dynasties made southern Iraq a center of regional power.

• Culture of IraqBroader topic: Its ruins anchor Iraq’s globally recognized ancient heritage.

• HillahBroader topic: The ancient city’s ruins lie just north of Hillah.

• Margot RobbieBroader topic: Robbie starred as Nellie LaRoy, an aspiring actor navigating the film industry.