The document provides information about ancient Babylon between 606-536 BC. It describes how Babylon was situated along the Euphrates River in southern Mesopotamia, near modern day Baghdad. Babylon was a powerful empire that existed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, though they were often rivals with the Assyrians for power. In 587 BC, the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and carried the Israelites into captivity. After 70 years of captivity in Babylon, as foretold by the prophet Jeremiah, the Persians conquered Babylon and Cyrus the Great issued a decree allowing the Israelites to return home.

1. Ancient Babylon
MUSIC : BONNY M – RIVERS OF BABYLON

2. The Babylon
Empire
606-536 BC

8. The Tower of
Babel

12. The Euphrates River

13. The Euphrates River

14. The Euphrates River
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15. The Tigris River

25. By the rivers of Babylon where we sat down and there we wept when we
remembered Zion
Psalms 137

35. BABYLON
The city of Babylon was the capital of the ancient land of Babylonia in southern
Mesopotamia. It was situated on the Euphrates River about 50 miles south of
. modern Baghdad, just north of what is now the modern Iraqi town of al-Hillah
Babylonia was an ancient empire that existed in the Near East in southern
Mesopotamia between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers. Throughout much of
their history their main rivals for supremacy were their neighbors, the Assyrians. It
was the Babylonians, under King Nebuchadnezzar II, who destroyed Jerusalem, the
. capital of the Kingdom of Judah, and carried the Israelites’ into captivity in 587 BC
The Hebrew prophet Jeremiah had foretold that the Jews would be free to return
home to Jerusalem after 70 years. The Lord had encouraged His people through
the prophets Ezekiel and Daniel who were also captives in Babylon. During this 70
year period of captivity, the Persians conquered Babylonia, and the Babylonians
. passed from the scene as a world power
In 538 Cyrus the Great, ruler of Persia issued an edict that allowed the Israelites to
.return home
And now Persia (Iran) has a little shithead called Ahmadinejad
Comments by Arthur and I am
solely responsible for them
Two shitheads