Hanging Gardens of Babylon
garden · 600 BC–1 AD
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a garden recorded 600 BC–1 AD: 1 mapped phase, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Completed
- c. 600 BC
- Built by
- Traditionally Nebuchadnezzar II
- Destroyed
- c. 1 AD
- Fate
- Lost, if they existed; no trace has been found
- Listed among
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 BC–1 AD | — | low confidence | no observation date recorded | Standing. No Babylonian text mentions them and no remains have been found; whether they existed, and whether at Babylon or Nineveh, is debated. The end date is a placeholder: nothing records when or how they were lost. |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Peter A. Clayton and Martin J. Price (eds), The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, (1988)