Babylonian
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- noun
- /ˌbæbəˈloʊniən/
- The famous Code of Hammurabi was established by a Babylonian king to promote justice in society.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd what happened was King Cyrus the Persian, he came through and he destroyed the Babylonians.
- And what happened was King Cyrus the Persian, he came through and he destroyed the Babylonians.
- And the Babylonians have become accustomed to this.
- We have sleepless, possibly drug induced Greeks and Romans and Babylonians looking up into the night sky.
- They worship false gods, Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans, you name them, They're all not even in the running.
Examples
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First came the Assyrians, then the Babylonians, then the Persians, who ruled the Jews with a reasonably fair and light hand.
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The ancient Babylonians believed in a code of justice, an eye for an eye and a truth for a truth and a but for a but.
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Thanks to the ancient Babylonians who painted the way for all of us.
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And they are, for the Babylonians, places full of magic and full of mystery.
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Ultimately, Tyre was able to beat back the Babylonians, but not without cost.
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And the Babylonians have become accustomed to this.
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And you know, the Babylonians, the ancient Egyptians, I don't know.
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And the people came up with this are sleepless Babylonians, Romans and Greeks, right?
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The Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks, they all used sandals during the day and star clocks at night to mark the passing of time.
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They worship false gods, Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans, you name them, They're all not even in the running.
Synonyms
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A person from the ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Compounds
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A time when the king of Babylon took many Jewish people from Israel to Babylonia after 586 BC
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An ancient flat piece of clay from Babylon with wedge-shaped writing used to record laws, trade, or stories
A tree with long drooping branches and thin leaves often planted near ponds for shade
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Etymology
Babylonian originally named someone from Babylon, from the old word Bāb-ilu meaning 'gate of God', so a Babylonian is a person who lived in or belonged to that ancient city.