One example of the problem: U.S. soldiers once used bits from ancient Babylon to fill sand bags.

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The idea predates Christianity, coming from ancient Babylon, where a paradeiza was an enclosure used for easy hunting.

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It is home to the ancient city of Babylon.

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And so when I see Moscow City trying to gleam out my nine foot window I think that my daughters someday, now just tweens, are going to tell me about their trip to the ancient ruins of Babylon, or Persepolise and then Kish Island in Iran.

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Soldiers from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division secured the central Iraqi city of Hillah, south of Baghdad, site of the ancient Hanging Gardens of Babylon, reported CNN Correspondent Ryan Chilcote, who is embedded with the unit.

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Many of the ancient hierarchical world empires (Egypt, Babylon, etc.) have fat chapters in history of mathematics texts.

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Hillah is the modern location of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the hanging gardens of Babylon.

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Iraq -- a cradle of ancient civilization -- is the home of such fabled cities such as Ur, Babylon, Kabala and Nineveh.

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Listed as an archaeological site since 1935, Babylon has been partially excavated over the last century, but much of the ancient city remains to be discovered.

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