Bab·y·lo·ni·a (b b  -l  n -, -lny) An ancient empire of Mesopotamia in the Euphrates River valley. It flourished under Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II but declined after 562 b.c. and fell to the Persians in 539. |
Babylonia [ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə]
n
(Placename) the southern kingdom of ancient Mesopotamia: a great empire from about 2200-538 bc, when it was conquered by the Persians
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| Noun | 1. | Babylonia - an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king) battle of Cunaxa, Cunaxa - battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne Al-Iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq Mesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq Babylon - the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia Sumer - an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC |
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