2.(Protestantism)offensive(in Protestant polemic) the Roman Catholic Church, regarded as the seat of luxury and corruption 3.(Sociology)derogatoryany society or group in a society considered as corrupt or as a place of exile by another society or group, esp White Britain as viewed by some Wes...
living. Under the rule ofNabonidusthe city was captured (538 B.C.) by Cyrus the Great and was used as one of the administrative capitals of the Persian Empire. In 275 B.C. its inhabitants were removed toSeleucia, which replaced Babylon as a commercial center. ...
1. The capital and largest city of the United Kingdom, on the Thames River in southeast England. Greater London consists of 32 boroughs surrounding the City of London, built on the site of a Roman outpost named Londinium. Its growth as an important trade center dates from 886, under the ...
Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it at the center stage of the dawn of history.
(in the original) to the city of Babylon, is also occasionally applied to the whole district of Chaldea, coincident with the plain of Shinar (Isa 14:2), as well as to Babylonia, the province of the Assyrian empire of which it was the metropolis (2Ch 32:31; 2Ch 33:11), and ...
Babylon became the capital of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 609 to 539 BC. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. After the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the city came under the rule of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, Roman, and Sassan...
Graphite and watercolor on illustration board 15 by 20 inches The detail shot captures what I love best in other works , especially Northern works , complicated narrative landscapes, in this case the decay of the Empire and its ultimate collapse once Christendom is established. ...
Many scholars interpret the "Whore of Babylon" interlude in Revelation 17-18 as a vision predicting the fall and subsequent disgrace of the Roman Empire. While there is certainly much evidence to support this assertion, a reading of this passage in light of its Jewish context also points to ...
Babylonia.—In treating of the history, character, and influence of this ancient empire, it is difficult not to speak at the same time of its sister, or rather d...
13 You said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on the mountain of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. ...