![]() ![]() These represented the true symbol of love and prosperity between the king and his beloved wife. Given the strategic, wealthy enclave where the garden was located, it could not be lacking in the olive trees. As a result, the gardens were able to be blessed with a great diversity of plant species grown on their terraces and arches.Īlthough the garden was designed to evoke the memory of the queen’s florid land, fruit species such as pears, fig trees, quinces, coconut trees, date palms, vines and almond trees were also cultivated and collected to supply the Palace court. Nineveh held a strategic position on the routes of the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Sea, making it one of the most important cities of antiquity. Also, he built it so that she could remember the beautiful mountains of her flowery land in these desert plains. ![]() It was a symbol of love for the king’s wife, the queen consort. It is thought that it was commanded to be built by the Assyrian King Sennacherib around 600 BC in the capital of his kingdom, Nineveh, which is located on an extensive plain in the confluence area between the Tigris River and the Khosr River, near present-day Mosul.Īlthough it is not the same location, the reason for its construction is thought to have the same motive. He did this in order to remind her of the beautiful, mountainous and florid land that she was from.Īccording to a researcher at the University of Oxford, the location and person who ordered the gardens are not what and who we think they are. It was built on the banks of the Euphrates River, near the tower of Babel, as an offering of love to his wife Amytis. Only in ancient writings do we find references to the Hanging Gardens existing, but no physical proof has yet to be uncovered.King Nebuchadnezzar II was thought to have the hanging gardens built in the ancient city of Babylon. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was the only Wonder from the Ancient Wonders of the World that cannot be proven to have existed. In addition, many historians believe the gardens didn't actually hang, rather grew over the outer layers, providing shade and the visual effect of a Hanging Garden. The water machines the water in great abundance from the river, although no one outside could see it."īased on the descriptions, water was raised to the top of the Hanging Gardens and allowed to trickle down, irrigating the plants on each level of the garden. On all this, the earth had been piled…and was thickly planted with trees of every kind that, by their great size and other charm, gave pleasure to the beholder. "The approach to the Garden sloped like a hillside and the several parts of the structure rose from one another tier on tier. This is a work of art of royal luxury and its most striking feature is that the labor of cultivation is suspended above the heads of the spectators."ĭiodorus Siculus provided his description of the Hanging Gardens. Hence the grass is permanently green and the leaves of trees grow firmly attached to supple branches. These waters irrigate the whole garden saturating the roots of plants and keeping the whole area moist. Streams of water emerging from elevated sources flow down sloping channels. The whole mass is supported on stone columns. "The Hanging Garden has plants cultivated above ground level, and the roots of the trees are embedded in an upper terrace rather than in the earth. The ascent of the uppermost terrace-roofs is made by a stairway." It consists of arched vaults which are located on checkered cube-like foundations. "The Garden is quadrangular, and each side is four plethra long. Strabo also provided this detailed description of the Hanging Gardens. Strabo's references place the Hanging Gardens near the Euphrates River. Greek historians, Strabo and Diodorus Siculus, visited the beautiful hanging gardens recording dimensions and what they saw. It is believed the Hanging Gardens were destroyed by earthquakes around 200 B.C. King Nebuchadnezzar II brought back plants and animals, placing them in the garden to remind Amytis of her home. She longed for the sights and smells of her beloved home, which was located. by King Nebuchadnezzar II for his home sick wife, Amytis of Media. Historians believe the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built around 600 B.C. The ruins of Babylon are approximately 50 miles southwest of modern day Baghdad, Iraq and this is were the most widely accepted story begins. ![]()
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