CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Mississippi
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Tigris
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Euphrates
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Indus
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Nile
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Detailed explanation-1: -The city of Babylon was located about 50 miles south of Baghdad along the Euphrates River in present-day Iraq. It was founded around 2300 B.C. by the ancient Akkadian-speaking people of southern Mesopotamia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The namesake rivers of Babylon (in present-day Iraq) are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Babylonians were shrewd businesspeople. Their boats sailed up and down the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and into the Persian Gulf, carrying goods that kept the Babylonian markets busy and the country wealthy. The Tigris and the Euphrates were highways of Mesopotamian civilization.
Detailed explanation-4: -Where is Babylon now? In 2019, UNESCO designated Babylon as a World Heritage Site. To visit Babylon today, you have to go to Iraq, 55 miles south of Baghdad. Although Saddam Hussein attempted to revive it during the 1970s, he was ultimately unsuccessful due to regional conflicts and wars.