The title 'Babylon", means 'gate of the god'. This was a city of ancient Mesopotamia, located between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. Today, the remains of Babylon are spread out over a cluster of mounds located on the Euphrates about 60 miles southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. It lay upon both sides of this river, providing a good source of water for the people who lived there. It was founded sometime in the 3rd millenium by a man by the name of Nimrod; the son of Cush, and the grandson of Ham.
Nimrod was also the one who tried to build the 'Tower of Babel'; (to the right). His name meant "let us revolt", or in other words, 'let us rebel'. He was said to be a mighty hunter, but one that hunted man rather than animals. His motive of building this tower was for it to be high enough to reach the heavens. He believed he was equal to God in power, which was a wrong thought. With cruelty, he had his slaves at work to build this for him. Nimrod was an unholy man, and he was not supposed to be doing such things, so God caused all to speak different languages. They could not understand each other, so they stopped building the tower and "scattered upon the face of the earth", bringing their different languages along with them. In conclusion to this, the 'Tower of Babel' was never completed.sumber dari: mesopotamiadiv1.wikispaces.com
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