339 | | * '''Name: Divar.''' (Means 'wall'.) |
340 | | * '''Class:''' Wall. |
341 | | * '''History: '''These were the massive walls that Nebuchadnezzar built to protect the city. It is said that two four-horse chariots could easily pass by each other. Babylon, although not an official royal residence (there were 4 of them all together), was a preferred place for holidays. |
342 | | |
343 | | * '''Name: Borj.''' (Means 'tower'.) |
344 | | * '''Class:''' Tower. |
345 | | * '''History:''' When Cyrus the Great campaigned in the north and chose to establish the river Jaxartes as a boundary, he constructed a mighty fortress to protect his territories from Scythian raids. It was called Cyropolis and was situated close to the place where Alexander the Great later built his Alexandria Eschatae. |
346 | | |
347 | | * '''Name: Darvaze.''' (Means 'gate'.) |
348 | | * '''Class:''' Gate. |
349 | | * '''History:''' The several ceremonial entrances to the great city of Babylon were furnished with magnificent gates, the gate of Ishtar being the most splendid of all. |
| 356 | |
| 357 | * '''Name: Divar.''' (Means 'wall'.) |
| 358 | * '''Class:''' Wall. |
| 359 | * '''History: '''These were the massive walls that Nebuchadnezzar built to protect the city. It is said that two four-horse chariots could easily pass by each other. Babylon, although not an official royal residence (there were 4 of them all together), was a preferred place for holidays. |
| 360 | |
| 361 | * '''Name: Borj.''' (Means 'tower'.) |
| 362 | * '''Class:''' Tower. |
| 363 | * '''History:''' When Cyrus the Great campaigned in the north and chose to establish the river Jaxartes as a boundary, he constructed a mighty fortress to protect his territories from Scythian raids. It was called Cyropolis and was situated close to the place where Alexander the Great later built his Alexandria Eschatae. |
| 364 | |
| 365 | * '''Name: Darvaze.''' (Means 'gate'.) |
| 366 | * '''Class:''' Gate. |
| 367 | * '''History:''' The several ceremonial entrances to the great city of Babylon were furnished with magnificent gates, the gate of Ishtar being the most splendid of all. |