New+Babylon

=New Babylonia=

After Hammurabi died, Babylon started to fall apart. The city-states started to rebell, like they did to Sargon. New Babylon became the the world's largest city. It became famous for it's beauty and technology. They built 2 huge walls and a moat to protect the city. They also had the hanging gardens, but know one knows what they looked like. The hanging gardens are also one of the 7 Wonders of the world. The city was also split in two for water flow.

Sorrow in Babylon
There were some people that did not think that Babylon was a beautiful place, but some people thought it wasn't so beautiful. The prisoners that were brought from Israel did not like Babylon.when s new comers came some became prisonors.

Cuneiform Tablets[[image:Cuneiform.GIF width="172" height="155" align="right"]]
Cuneiform tablets were how the babylonians recorded their history and important information. Cuneiform was like typing. They would take a bunch of clay and pat it down into a tablet shape. Then they would take a reed and make into a pen. They would take that and then start writing down important facts, such as the laws of the city. Also for writing down important dates and times.