CIVILIZATION
ASSYRIAN
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Question
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to make farmers stay outside
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to protect the city from attacks
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to keep his army from revolting
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to isolate his people from outsiders
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did Nebuchadnezzar build two walls, some towers and a moat around his capital? Nebuchadnezzar knew how important it was to keep the capital city safe. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a wonder of the ancient world. Where were they planted?
Detailed explanation-2: -As you have learned, the city-states of Sumer were like independent countries. They often fought over land and water rights. They never united into one group. Their lack of unity left them open to attacks by stronger groups.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fall of Babylon The Neo-Babylonian Empire, like the earlier Babylonia, was short-lived. In 539 B.C., less than a century after its founding, the legendary Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon. The fall of Babylon was complete when the empire came under Persian control.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar are alike in that they were both highly successful Babylonian kings of ancient Mesopotamia. Hammurabi lived over a thousand years before Nebuchadnezzar, but he established the Babylonian kingdom Nebuchadnezzar eventually re-united.