| 359 | * '''Name: Vazar. '''(Means 'market'.) |
| 360 | * '''Class:''' Market. |
| 361 | * '''History:''' Traders from all distant parts of the huge empire met, exchanged and sold goods in the huge bazaars present in almost every big city. Babylon and Susa were the largest and most frequented trade centres. |
| 362 | |
| 363 | * '''Name: Divar.''' (Means 'wall'.) |
| 364 | * '''Class:''' Wall. |
| 365 | * '''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. |
| 366 | |
| 367 | * '''Name: Borj.''' (Means 'tower'.) |
| 368 | * '''Class:''' Tower. |
| 369 | * '''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. |
| 370 | |
| 371 | * '''Name: Darvaze.''' (Means 'gate'.) |
| 372 | * '''Class:''' Gate. |
| 373 | * '''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. |
| 374 | |
| 375 | === CITY === |
| 376 | * '''Name: Dura.''' (Babylonian Akkadian; means 'fortress'.) |
| 377 | * '''Class:''' Fortress. |
| 378 | * '''History:''' The Susa Chateau was a fortress in the administrative capital of Susa, which was reconstructed by a French archaeologist in 1890 with the use of original building material. |
| 379 | |
| 380 | === SPECIAL STRUCTURES === |
365 | | * '''Name: Vazar. '''(Means 'market'.) |
366 | | * '''Class:''' Market. |
367 | | * '''History:''' Traders from all distant parts of the huge empire met, exchanged and sold goods in the huge bazaars present in almost every big city. Babylon and Susa were the largest and most frequented trade centres. |
368 | | |
369 | | * '''Name: Divar.''' (Means 'wall'.) |
370 | | * '''Class:''' Wall. |
371 | | * '''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. |
372 | | |
373 | | * '''Name: Borj.''' (Means 'tower'.) |
374 | | * '''Class:''' Tower. |
375 | | * '''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. |
376 | | |
377 | | * '''Name: Darvaze.''' (Means 'gate'.) |
378 | | * '''Class:''' Gate. |
379 | | * '''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. |
380 | | |
381 | | === CITY === |
382 | | * '''Name: Dura.''' (Babylonian Akkadian; means 'fortress'.) |
383 | | * '''Class:''' Fortress. |
384 | | * '''History:''' The Susa Chateau was a fortress in the administrative capital of Susa, which was reconstructed by a French archaeologist in 1890 with the use of original building material. |
385 | | |
386 | | === SPECIAL STRUCTURES === |