The year is 1751 B.C. Our great King Hammurabi rules the land,
Welcome to the ancient city of Babylon my friend
(šulmu ša mātū kibrat Bābili attā) Akkadian in the Latin alphabet
(𒋀𒅁𒊏𒂍 𒀸 𒈨𒌍 𒆠𒋰 𒂊𒇷𒄷 𒊑𒀭𒁺 𒆤𒀭 ) Cuneiform translation
Please join us today as we walk through the city of Babylon and explore the day-to-day lives of one of its citizens.


This video was compiled from my own research into Babylonian society and the citys history, along with other youtube history documentaries.
Please to learn more about Babylon or Ancient Mesopotamia, Watch these Videos:

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A special thanks to flipped prof
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For allowing me to use some of his immaculate recreation of the ancient city
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Dhaka by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. [ Ссылка ]

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Desert City by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. [ Ссылка ]

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Sources for this video:
Naranjo, Robert. "Marriage in Ancient Mesopotamia and Babylonia". eHistory.osu.edu. Ohio State University.

"The origins of marriage". The Week. 1 January 2007.

Robert William Rogers, A History of Babylonia and Assyria, Volume I, Eaton and Mains, 1900.

Bryce, Trevor (2016). Babylonia: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. pp. 8–10. ISBN 978-0-19-872647-0.

Tatlow, Elisabeth Meier Women, Crime, and Punishment in Ancient Law and Society: The Ancient Near East Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (31 March 2005) ISBN 978-0-8264-1628-5 p. 75

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