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The 15 pages that link to Ishtar Gate, each with the reason it gives.

• BabylonBroader topic: Its reliefs and vivid blue bricks exemplify the city’s monumental art.

• Neo-Babylonian EmpireBroader topic: Its scale and decoration exemplify the capital's royal building program.

• Relief sculptureBroader topic: Its molded animal reliefs turn an architectural gateway into a royal image.

• Nebuchadnezzar IIBroader topic: It survives as one of the clearest material traces of his monumental rebuilding of Babylon.

• IraqBroader topic: Its surviving remains are a prominent symbol of Iraq’s ancient heritage.

• BabyloniaBroader topic: Its construction shows the scale and visual style of Neo-Babylonian royal building.

• Tree of lifeRelated: Its vegetal ornament belongs to the ancient visual environment in which sacred-tree motifs flourished.

• PolychromyBroader topic: Its vivid blue bricks and animal reliefs make architectural color integral to its design.

• NabopolassarNarrower topic: Its later construction illustrates the imperial capital Nabopolassar’s rule helped establish.

• Lapis lazuliRelated: Its deep blue surface evokes lapis, though it is made of glazed brick.

• Babylonian EmpireBroader topic: It survives as a striking example of the capital's imperial architecture.

• Pergamon MuseumBroader topic: The gate is among the museum’s best-known architectural reconstructions.

• Architecture of MesopotamiaBroader topic: It demonstrates how fired and glazed brick could create richly decorated urban entrances.

• HillahBroader topic: Its original site lies near Hillah, though most remains are fragmentary.

• Istanbul Archaeology MuseumsRelated: The museum displays a reconstructed section of its glazed-brick decoration.