Hanging Gardens of Babylon or Hanging Gardens of Ninewa A Comparative Study of Their Landscape Spatial Characteristics | ||
| Al-Rafidain Engineering Journal (AREJ) | ||
| Article 2, Volume 22, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages 1-15 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/rengj.2014.87154 | ||
| Author | ||
| Dr. Ahmed Yousif. AlOmary | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Hanging gardens of Babylon is one of seven wonders of the Ancient World. It is mentioned that these gardens were constructed at the ancient city of Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled between 605 and 562 BC. The gardens were mentioned in the Roman and Greek historians’ writings and descriptions of height were given. The gardens were surrounded by a strong wall with stadiums connected with stairs surrounded by arches and filled with trees and flowers. The gardens were irrigated from Euphrates through manmade pumps. There are no cuneiform texts mentioning these gardens, however, they are the only wonder based on these legendary information. On the contrary, some archeologists states the hanging gardens are within Ninewa archaeological location in Kuyunjik hell, near the Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal palaces based on scenes of a garden constructed on a column of arches drawn on a tablet and other cuneiform texts in Ninewa. The current study is comparing the data of both locations and reviewing the available information in addition to providing more evidences to support the existence of hanging gardens in Ninewa. This is done through examining the spatial characteristics of the two locations from a landscape perspective. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| KEYWORDS; evidences; Babylon; Ninewa; spatial characteristics; Landscape | ||
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