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Survey of the Ancient World
133. Reign
of Nebuchad-
nezzar (604-
561 B.C.)
their capital at Babylon and gave their name to the land, so
that we now know it as Chaldea (from " Kaldi"). They were
the last Semitic lords of Babylonia in ancient times.
At Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, the greatest of the Chaldean
emperors, thereupon began a reign of over forty years, —■a
reign of such power and magnificence, especially as narrated
in the Bible, that he has become one of the great figures of
niHrhidaiJl—.......
Fig. 46. Reconstruction of a Temple of Babylon in the
Chaldean Empire. (After Koldewey)
The building was of sun-baked brick; as the dwelling of a god, it she*5
the same architecture as the dwelling of man, and there was no advance
over the architecture of the old Babylonian house (Fig. 38) of tw°
thousand years earlier. In contrast with the Egyptian temples, it e1"'
ployed the arch over all doors and contained no colonnades. No such
temple now stands in Babylon, and the drawing is a restoration
134. Nebu-
chadnezzar's
magnificent
buildings at
Chaldean
Babylon
oriental history. It was he who carried away many Hebrews
from Palestine to Babylonia as captives and destroyed Jerusalem*
their capital (586 b.c.).
Copying much from Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar was able to
surpass even his Assyrian predecessors in the splendor of the
great buildings which he now erected at Babylon. Leading from
the temples (Fig. 46) to the palace, he laid out a festival avenue
which passed through an imposing gateway called the " Gate
of Ishtar" (Fig. 47), for it was dedicated to this goddess
(see Plan, Ancient Times, p. 165). High over all towered the
Survey of the Ancient World
133. Reign
of Nebuchad-
nezzar (604-
561 B.C.)
their capital at Babylon and gave their name to the land, so
that we now know it as Chaldea (from " Kaldi"). They were
the last Semitic lords of Babylonia in ancient times.
At Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, the greatest of the Chaldean
emperors, thereupon began a reign of over forty years, —■a
reign of such power and magnificence, especially as narrated
in the Bible, that he has become one of the great figures of
niHrhidaiJl—.......
Fig. 46. Reconstruction of a Temple of Babylon in the
Chaldean Empire. (After Koldewey)
The building was of sun-baked brick; as the dwelling of a god, it she*5
the same architecture as the dwelling of man, and there was no advance
over the architecture of the old Babylonian house (Fig. 38) of tw°
thousand years earlier. In contrast with the Egyptian temples, it e1"'
ployed the arch over all doors and contained no colonnades. No such
temple now stands in Babylon, and the drawing is a restoration
134. Nebu-
chadnezzar's
magnificent
buildings at
Chaldean
Babylon
oriental history. It was he who carried away many Hebrews
from Palestine to Babylonia as captives and destroyed Jerusalem*
their capital (586 b.c.).
Copying much from Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar was able to
surpass even his Assyrian predecessors in the splendor of the
great buildings which he now erected at Babylon. Leading from
the temples (Fig. 46) to the palace, he laid out a festival avenue
which passed through an imposing gateway called the " Gate
of Ishtar" (Fig. 47), for it was dedicated to this goddess
(see Plan, Ancient Times, p. 165). High over all towered the