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The Chaldeans September 24, 2012
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Pyramid of Giza
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The Temple of Artemis
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Statue of Zeus at Mt. Olympus
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
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Colossus of Rhodes
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Lighthouse of Alexandria
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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Chaldea Babylon again becomes an important city state.
Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar conquers Jerusalem among other city states, takes Jewish prisoners back to Babylon. The “New” Babylon was considered a showplace of the east. Great achievements in architecture took place. Hanging Gardens of Babylon created by Nebuchadnezzar for his homesick wife Empire fell to the Persians shortly after Neb.’s death
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
List five facts about the Hanging Gardens What suggests that perhaps the gardens never existed?
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