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Babylonia

Babylonia was the region of southern and central Mesopotamia centred on the city of Babylon. Its fertile irrigated land made it one of the wealthiest regions of the ancient Near East. It was ruled successively by the Babylonian kings, the Assyrians, the Chaldeans, the Achaemenid Empire and the Seleucid Empire.

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Achaemenid EmpireGovernance, Impact Assyrian EmpireFoundation Babylonian EmpireSocioeconomy, Decline Chaldean EmpireSocioeconomy Mitanni EmpireSocioeconomy, Military Seleucid EmpireFoundation, Socioeconomy, Decline MariSocioeconomy DilmunGovernance, Summary Kingdom of UgaritImpact AkkadianSpeakers AramaicSpeakers JudaismOrigins, Texts, Spread

Mentioned in 14 state histories

Kish Akshak Malgium Kazallu Kassite Babylonia Middle Elamite kingdom Second Dynasty of Isin Second Sealand Dynasty Bazi Dynasty Land of Suhu Bit-Amukani Bit-Dakkuriand 2 more

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Babylonia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/babylonia
MLA: “Babylonia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/babylonia. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Babylonia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/babylonia.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Babylonia’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/babylonia (Accessed: ).

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