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Detailed explanation-1: -: a native or inhabitant of ancient Babylonia or Babylon. : the form of the Akkadian language used in ancient Babylonia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Etymology. Partially inherited from Old English Babilon/Babȳlōn, partially from Latin Babylōn, from Ancient Greek (Babulṓn), from Akkadian (Bābilim, literally “Gate of God”); the name of the ancient Chaldean capital and Biblical city of the Apocalypse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mesopotamia-“the land between two rivers”-gave birth to many of the world’s first great cities. The splendid city of Babylon, located between the waters of the Euphrates and the Tigris some 97 kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad, was one of them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Babylon became a major military power under Amorite king Hammurabi, who ruled from 1792 to 1750 B.C. After Hammurabi conquered neighboring city-states, he brought much of southern and central Mesopotamia under unified Babylonian rule, creating an empire called Babylonia.