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1. The Blueprint of a Metropolis: Urban Design and Architecture

: The Ishtar Gate , reconstructed in part at the Pergamon Museum , was the eighth gate to the inner city. Its glazed bricks, fired with lapis lazuli-colored minerals, depicted powerful lions, dragons, and bulls to symbolize divine protection. 1.3.10 , 1.4.9 2625x1470 History ancient historical babylon ar...

Two eras define Babylon's history: the Old Babylonian Empire and the Neo-Babylonian "Golden Age." 1.2.2 fired with lapis lazuli-colored minerals