The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. They were built in Babylon (modern day Iraq) by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC to please his homesick wife, Queen Amyitis of Media. The gardens consisted of terraced gardens with trees and flowers rising up in tiers, supported by large stone vaults. They were around 400 feet long, 400 feet wide, and 80 feet high, making them a spectacular sight rising above the desert plains. However, their exact location and structure is still debated today.

2. One of the seven ancient wonders
of the world
Built by King Nebuchadnezzar II,
along the banks of the Euphrates
river (south of the modern city of
Baghdad, Iraq)
400 feet long, 400 feet wide, and
80 feet high
Supposed to be a truly amazing
sight: A green, leafy, artificial
mountain rising off the desert plain
 But the main question not really
answered till today is whether they
actually existed
Introduction: Basic Facts

3. History
 The Babylonia empire was
ruled first by Hammurabi.
 His son Nebuchadnezzar
created the Hanging
Gardens.
 The gardens were said to
be built because he
wanted to please his wife,
who was very homesick.
 Alexander’s soldiers
traveled to Babylonia
and came back home
with stories about the
temples, and the
beautiful garden.

4. The hanging gardens of Babylonia
are found in a place once called
Mesopotamia, Iraq. Near the river
Euphrates.
The trees were planted by their size
and other charms.There were all
different sizes.
Until the 20th century, many secrets
of the hanging gardens of Babylonia
were unknown.
Background Information

5. Who was it built for?
 Built by King Nebuchadnezzar II
 Built to make the king’s wife happy
 Nebuchadnezzar’s wife-Amyitis was
homesick
 Amyitis was Medes’s daughter, who
was a king. She was married to the
Babylonian king to create alliance
between the two kingdoms
 Came from a green, rugged
mountainous land
 Did not like the dry land of
Mesopotamia
 Built to make her feel home

6. When was it built?
 Said to built around 600
B.C. by King
Nebuchadnezzar II
 Less reliable alternate
story suggest that the
gardens were built by the
Assyrian Queen,
Semiramis in 810 B.C.

7. Derivation of the name
Did not actually “hang” on
cables and wires and ropes
Name comes from the
inaccurate translation of the
Greek word kremastors or the
Latin word pensilis, which
meant not only hanging but
overhanging like a balcony or
terrace

8. How It Was Made?
 The gardens were
hand made, which
means they used no
machines.
 The bricks they used
were made of clay
mixed with straw,
and baked in the
sun.
 There was an
invention they used
to get the water up
to the garden. (it is
shown in the picture
beside)

9. Why Is It an Ancient Wonder?
 The garden is very beautiful, when you look at
it, you are full of awe.
 It was made by human hands, since they had
no machines to build it.
 We today couldn’t build something as beautiful
and amazing, without using machines!
 The gardens were built long before the birth of
Jesus Christ, so they are considered to be very
old.

10. Credits By
Ambrose.R