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Hanging gardens of Babylon

His (Nineveh) successor, Esarhaddon (Assyria, 680-669 B.C.) and Ashurbanipal (Assyria, 668-627 B.C.), also provided mountain habitats that resembled the nearby Amanus mountains. Within the cities, the terraces of the monumental, pyramid-shaped, terraced buildings known as ziggurats sometimes were planted with trees, shrubs, and vines to give a mountain-like appearance, similar to the hanging gardens of Babylon. [Pg.1194]

Dailey, S. (1993). Ancient Mesopotamian gardens and the identification of the hanging gardens of Babylon resolved. Garden History, 21, 1. [Pg.1221]

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