In Search Of Ancient Babylon

How did a civilisation so great and powerful end? According to Herodotus, “in magnificence there is no other city that approaches” Babylon. In it, or at least in its region, writing appeared for the first time. It was the only city that boasted not one, but two Wonders of the World. Besides the illusive hanging gardens, there was the mammoth city wall that stood nearly ten storeys high.