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Babylonia

approximate location

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Βαβυλωνία Babylonia Greek
  • Babylonia Latin
  • Karduniaš Akkadian
  • Babiru Old Persian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Minni MINNI Gomorrah Gomorrah +1 Ashkenaz ASHKENAZ Ararat ARARAT Jerusalem Jerusalem Babylon Babylon Babylonia BABYLONIA 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 7 places · 1 outside this view · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH JERUSALEM · BABYLON 1 · ARARAT · ASHKENAZ AND 3 MORE, named in the same passages

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The Ishtar Gate of Babylon, rebuilt in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.

The Ishtar Gate of Babylon, rebuilt in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.

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14 PASSAGES · 2 BOOKS

Ezra 8
Jeremiah 6

COORDINATES 32.5433, 44.4222

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