公元前539年，巴比伦的征服者阿契美尼德的国王将波斯语作为他们的本国语言，但是，更实用的阿拉姆语被采用为世界上第一门“国际语言”。

The Achaemenid emperors, vanquishers of the Babylonians in 539BC, spoke Persian as their native language, but pragmatically adopted Aramaic as the world’s first “interlingua”.

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他在巴比伦王宫呆了一年之后，正碰上国王尼布甲尼撒为莫名其妙的梦所困。

One year after he stayed in the Babylonian palace, Nebuchadnezzar was troubled by a dream he couldn't understand.

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古巴比伦人以强迫国王摘下皇冠、脱下王服的方式来庆祝节日。

The ancient Babylonians celebrated it by forcing their king to give up his crown and royal clothing.

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There are also texts that are going to object to alliances with any foreign king, or subservience to any foreign king, whether it's Egypt or Assyria or Babylonia.

也有的文本会反对,结盟，或者附属于任何外国的君主,无论是埃及，亚述，还是巴比伦的国王。

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