วันจันทร์ที่ 10 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2552

the hanging gardens of Babylon

The King Hammurabi is the most famous king of the Babylonian kingdom. The whole kingdom flourished under his rule. His son Nebuchadnezzar is the one who built the Hanging gardens of Babylon, one of the seven wonders of world.

Nebuchadnezzar ruled the country for 43 years from 605 BC. He constructed impressive array of temples, palaces and streets. It is being told that he built this garden to please his wife, Amyitis. Amyitis, daughter of the king Medes seems to have had a passion for mountainous surroundings. There are some other accounts which say that this wonder of the world was actually built by the Assyrian Queen Semiramis. The ancient account of this hanging garden (one of the Seven Wonders of the World) describes the structure to be a stairs like one. The Greek geographer Strabo, describes it as, "the garden consists of vaulted terraces raised one above another, and resting upon cube-shaped pillars. These are hollow and filled with earth to allow trees of the largest size to be planted. The pillars, the vaults, and terraces are constructed of baked brick and asphalt."

The irrigation system was supposedly the complex part built on this garden. This region had very scarce rains. Slaves were used to push the water upwards using some ancient method of irrigation. Of course there must be some exploitation of slave labor to maintain one among the Seven Wonders of the World. The gardens did not really hang on the roof using cables or ropes. But this name from the sense that it was built on the roof top. Some accounts state that the gardens are 400 by 400 feet and 80 feet high.



My Summary : This passage states that the hanging gardens of Babylon which is one of the seven wonders of world is built by Nebuchadnezzar. He built for pleasing his wife, Amyitis. The constructions of garden consist of cube-shaped pillars, vaults and terraces which made of baked brick and asphalt. The garden has irrigation system because of scarce rains.



My Response : I admire the hanging gardens of Babylon because of their Greek art. Maybe this garden built from Nebuchadnezzar’s love. It’s so romantic. I think many art places such as the hanging gardens of Babylon inspire many people love the art. I’m one of them. It has many ancient places in the world that we should visit. For me, many famous places made me feel happy to visit because it not only be the wonderful place but also useful. As this passage, because of scarce rains so the hanging gardens of Babylon has irrigation system for the slave. It had shown the taking care of Nebuchadnezzar. The hanging gardens of Babylon should be maintained for our descendant. They should find it one of the seven wonders of world.



From > > Piyanuch Pattcharamaneekul ID 1500101900 No. 28 [[Po^oM]]

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