INTERESTING REFLECTIONS ON THE IRAQ WAR
from: Winifred Barton - wbarton@reach.net Nova 4 2006 - ? ..... Pleaidian/Sumer overtones on Sadam's Judgement Day ? INTERESTING REFLECTIONS ON THE IRAQ WAR This message was postedto the i_ufo-l Mailing List Send \"subscribe i_ufo-l\" tomajordomo@world.std.com 07-15-2000 I read a book regarding Babylon, and the plans Sadam Hussein has for it. The name of this book I don't recall offhand, but itwas printed (1st printing) this decade. The book states thatHussein is rebuilding the city in it's exact same spot, andintends to make it the cultural center of Iraq. The book wascomplete with photographs of the reconstruction as well asfinished works. Of course this was a book and I have no way ofverifying any of it. According to the bible, Babylon will be reconstructed in the end times, and once again rise toprominence. The book was based on this premise. Does anyone onthis list know if Babylon is in fact being reconstructed?References; if available, would be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------ BABYLON. On the Euphrates River, in the land that is now Iraq,ruins of the world's first great city stand alone in the desert.The city bore the proud name Bab-Ilu, meaning \"Gate of the Gods.\" The Hebrews called it Babel. In the Greek and Latin languages the name took the form Babylon, and the plain on which the city stood was called Babylonia. During the first thousand years of its known history, Babylon wasa mere village. It became the capital of the kingdom of Babylonabout 1894 BC and reached its first peak of glory in the reign of Hammurabi, the lawgiver. This great king beautified the city withpalaces, temples, and towers and made it the religious andcultural center of western Asia. In its temples scholarly priests copied and preserved the writings of the Sumerians, from whom theBabylonians derived their civilization. For centuries the city was controlled by various tribes,including the Kassites, the Chaldeans, the Aramaeans, and theAssyrians. Throughout much of that period, Babylon continued tobe regarded as a center of learning and culture, even by itsconquerors. The last of the Assyrian rulers of Babylon,Ashurbanipal, died in 627 BC. When Assyria declined, Babylon rose once more to wealth andimperial power under Nebuchadnezzar II (604-561 BC). This king isremembered in the Old Testament for his destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people. In Babylonia he was celebrated as the builder who made Babylon the most splendid city in the world. The original city stood on the right (west) bank of theEuphrates. Nebuchadnezzar extended it to the left bank as welland built a stone bridge across the river. The city was in theshape of a square, surrounded by a massive towered wall. Palacesand temples were of vast dimensions. Nebuchadnezzar's own great palace achieved a touch of fairylandfrom its famous Hanging Gardens, which the Greeks counted as oneof the Seven Wonders of the World (see Seven Wonders of theWorld). The beautiful Gate of Ishtar spanned Procession Street,which led to the Temple of Marduk, chief god of Babylon. Near itstood a great terraced tower (ziggurat), built in seven recedingstories with a sloping ramp spiraling around it to the top. Thismay have been the original Tower of Babel described in the Bible(Gen. xi); but it was only one of many artificial \"holymountains\" in and around Babylon. Babylon lost its independence forever when it fell to Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC, but it continued to be a center oftrade and culture. It was still fairly prosperous when Alexanderthe Great took up his residence in Nebuchadnezzar's palace, wherehe died in 323 BC. His successor, Seleucus, built a new city,Seleucia, nearby on the Tigris, because it had a deeper channelfor navigation. >From this time Babylon rapidly decayed. Itsstructures, which were faced with glazed brick, were torn down toprovide brick for building elsewhere, and the once proud capitalwas reduced to a vast ruin. The ruins are near the town of alHillah in Iraq.
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from: Winifred Barton - wbarton@reach.net Nova 4 2006 - ? ..... Pleaidian/Sumer overtones on Sadam's Judgement Day ? INTERESTING REFLECTIONS ON THE IRAQ WAR This message was postedto the i_ufo-l Mailing List Send \"subscribe i_ufo-l\" tomajordomo@world.std.com 07-15-2000 I read a book regarding Babylon, and the plans Sadam Hussein has for it. The name of this book I don't recall offhand, but itwas printed (1st printing) this decade. The book states thatHussein is rebuilding the city in it's exact same spot, andintends to make it the cultural center of Iraq. The book wascomplete with photographs of the reconstruction as well asfinished works. Of course this was a book and I have no way ofverifying any of it. According to the bible, Babylon will be reconstructed in the end times, and once again rise toprominence. The book was based on this premise. Does anyone onthis list know if Babylon is in fact being reconstructed?References; if available, would be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------ BABYLON. On the Euphrates River, in the land that is now Iraq,ruins of the world's first great city stand alone in the desert.The city bore the proud name Bab-Ilu, meaning \"Gate of the Gods.\" The Hebrews called it Babel. In the Greek and Latin languages the name took the form Babylon, and the plain on which the city stood was called Babylonia. During the first thousand years of its known history, Babylon wasa mere village. It became the capital of the kingdom of Babylonabout 1894 BC and reached its first peak of glory in the reign of Hammurabi, the lawgiver. This great king beautified the city withpalaces, temples, and towers and made it the religious andcultural center of western Asia. In its temples scholarly priests copied and preserved the writings of the Sumerians, from whom theBabylonians derived their civilization. For centuries the city was controlled by various tribes,including the Kassites, the Chaldeans, the Aramaeans, and theAssyrians. Throughout much of that period, Babylon continued tobe regarded as a center of learning and culture, even by itsconquerors. The last of the Assyrian rulers of Babylon,Ashurbanipal, died in 627 BC. When Assyria declined, Babylon rose once more to wealth andimperial power under Nebuchadnezzar II (604-561 BC). This king isremembered in the Old Testament for his destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people. In Babylonia he was celebrated as the builder who made Babylon the most splendid city in the world. The original city stood on the right (west) bank of theEuphrates. Nebuchadnezzar extended it to the left bank as welland built a stone bridge across the river. The city was in theshape of a square, surrounded by a massive towered wall. Palacesand temples were of vast dimensions. Nebuchadnezzar's own great palace achieved a touch of fairylandfrom its famous Hanging Gardens, which the Greeks counted as oneof the Seven Wonders of the World (see Seven Wonders of theWorld). The beautiful Gate of Ishtar spanned Procession Street,which led to the Temple of Marduk, chief god of Babylon. Near itstood a great terraced tower (ziggurat), built in seven recedingstories with a sloping ramp spiraling around it to the top. Thismay have been the original Tower of Babel described in the Bible(Gen. xi); but it was only one of many artificial \"holymountains\" in and around Babylon. Babylon lost its independence forever when it fell to Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC, but it continued to be a center oftrade and culture. It was still fairly prosperous when Alexanderthe Great took up his residence in Nebuchadnezzar's palace, wherehe died in 323 BC. His successor, Seleucus, built a new city,Seleucia, nearby on the Tigris, because it had a deeper channelfor navigation. >From this time Babylon rapidly decayed. Itsstructures, which were faced with glazed brick, were torn down toprovide brick for building elsewhere, and the once proud capitalwas reduced to a vast ruin. The ruins are near the town of alHillah in Iraq