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BC BC)abylonia ˌbæbɪˈloʊniə was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). A small Amorite-r... read more BC BC)abylonia ˌbæbɪˈloʊniə was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). A small Amorite-ruled state emerged in BC, which contained the minor administrative town of It was merely a small provincial...town during the Akkadian Empire BC) but greatly expanded during the reign of Hammurabi in the first half of the century BC and became a major capital city. During the reign of Hammurabi and afterwards, Babylonia was called the country of Akkad (Māt Akkadī in It was often involved in rivalry with the older state of Assyria to the north and Elam to the east in Ancient Iran. Babylonia briefly became the major power in the region after Hammurabi (fl. c. BC middle chronology, or c. BC, short chronology) created a short-lived empire, succeeding the earlier Akkadian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, and Old Assyrian Empire. The Babylonian empire, however, rapidly fell apart after the death of Hammurabi and reverted back to a small kingdom. Like Assyria, the Babylonian state retained the written Akkadian language (the language of its native populace) for official use, despite its Northwest Semitic-speaking Amorite founders and Kassite successors, who spoke a language isolate, not being native Mesopotamians. It retained the Sumerian language for religious use (as did Assyria), but already by the time Babylon was founded, this was no longer a spoken language, having been wholly subsumed by Akkadian. The earlier Akkadian and Sumerian traditions played a major role in Babylonian and Assyrian culture, and the region would remain an important cultural center, even under its protracted periods of outside rule. The earliest mention of the city of Babylon can be found in a clay tablet from the reign of Sargon of Akkad BC), dating back to the century BC. Babylon was merely a religious and cultural centre at this point and neither an independent state nor a large city; like the rest of Mesopotamia, it was subject to the Akkadian Empire which united all the Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule. After the collapse of the Akkadian empire, the south Mesopotamian region was dominated by the Gutian people for a few decades before the rise of the Third Dynasty of Ur, which restored order to the region and which, apart from northern Assyria, encompassed the whole of Mesopotamia, including the town of Babylon

On our trip from otranto to lecce we sought for a afternoon stop for a swim and a bite. For the young rock jumpers, snorkellers and lazy sunbathers this was ter... read more On our trip from otranto to lecce we sought for a afternoon stop for a swim and a bite. For the young rock jumpers, snorkellers and lazy sunbathers this was terrific. The magnificient restaurant for lunch fitted perfect.