The Story of Babylonia's Hanging Garden

King Nebuchadnezzar, the last king and the greatest king of Babylonia. He came to the throne in 605 B.C. and in course of time married Amytis, who came from Media.

The capital of his kingdom was Babylon, situated on the plain which is watered by the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. It is now part of the modern state of Iraq.

Nebuchadnezzar was determined to make Babylon impregnable, so he built huge solid walls around it and inside them raised buildings of great splendour.

Now, although Nebuchadnezzar built such magnificent palaces and did all he could to please his people, the Queen was dissatisfied. When she thought of the hills of her native country and then looked around her at the flat plains surrounding Babylon, she sighed and longed to see her own land once again. Nebuchadnezzar soon saw that his queen was disappointed, so he devised an ingenious plan.

He built the so-called Hanging Gardens. Arches, resting on hollow pillars of masonry about three hundred feet high, were erected, and on these arches terraces were built. The terraces were then planted with shrubs, trees and flowers, and made to represent the hills and valleys of the queen's native country. Fountains and pavilions were also built, and the scene must have been very beautiful. All this was done inside the walls of Babylon.

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