The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (also known as the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis) and the walls of Babylon were considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and both were allegedly built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC (in modern Iraq) but it is doubtful if it really existed físicamente.Los Hanging Gardens have been extensively documented by historians Greeks as Strabo and Diodorus Siculus, yet there is little evidence of its existence, apart from circumstantial evidence found in excavations in the palace of Babylon. According to the story, the king of Babylon at that time, Nebuchadnezzar II, the immensity was sad to see that his wife, a princess meda, bred among mountains and forests, it felt bad to live in a city as flat as Babylon. Then Nebuchadnezzar ordered the construction of the largest garden ever built by man to imitate the shape and appearance of a mountain. He created a step pyramid (like the Maya) which planted lush palm trees, shrubs, flowers and all kinds of plants. Addition engineered a water wheel to irrigate the gardens.
The splendor of the Hanging Gardens was immense. The queen was happy, and consequently also the king and the people.
But when the city fell into decline and wars, was burned. Gardens are also burnt, and when Alexander the Great reached Babylon, there were only ashes of the once beautiful city. Today, only the remains and ruins on the Euphrates.
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