巴比倫空中花園，是世界八大奇蹟之一，又稱懸苑。傳說是在公元前6世紀由巴比倫王國的尼布甲尼撒二世(Nebuchadnezzar)在巴比倫城為其患思鄉病的王妃安美依迪絲(Amyitis)修建的，現已不存。
the approach to the garden sloped like a hillside and the several parts of the structure rose from one another tier on tier……on all this, the earth had been piled……and was thickly planted with trees of every kind that, by their great size and other charm, gave pleasure to the beholder……the water machines(raised) the water in great abundance from the river, although no one outside could see it. ——diodorus siculus ruits and flowers…… waterfalls…… gardens hanging from the palace terraces…… exotic animals……this is the picture of the hanging gardens of babylon in most people's may be surprising to know that they might have never existed except in the minds of greek poets and historians!
location
on the east bank of the river euphrates, about 50 km south of baghdad, iraq.
history
the babylonian kingdom flourished under the rule of the famous king, hammurabi (1792-1750 bc) was not until the reign of the neo-babylonian dynasty that the mesopotamian civilization reached its ultimate chadnezzar ii (604-562 bc) is credited for building the legendary hanging is said that the gardens were built by nebuchadnezzar to please his wife or concubinewho had been "brought up in media and had a passion for mountain surroundings".
while the most descriptive accounts of the gardens come from greek historians such as berossus and diodorus siculus,babylonian records stay silent on the ets from the time of nebuchadnezzar do not have a single reference to the hanging gardens,although descriptions of his palace, the city of babylon, and the walls are the historians who give detailed descriptions of the hanging gardens never saw rn historians argue that when alexander 's soldiers reached the fertile land of mesopotamia and saw babylon, they were they later returned to their rugged homeland, they had stories to tell about the amazing gardens and palm trees at mesopotamia……about the palace of nebuchadnezzar…… about the tower of babel and the it was the imagination of poets and ancient historians that blended all these elements together to produce one of the world wonders.
it wasn't until the twentieth century that some of the mysteries surrounding the hanging gardens were aeologists are still struggling to gather enough evidence before reaching the final conclusions about the location of the gardens, their irrigation system, and their true appearance.
註釋：
lon：古代西亞兩河流域的最大城市，古巴比倫王國與新巴比倫王國的`首都。位於幼發拉底河中游，距今巴格達南約89公里。“空中花園”位於新巴比倫王國的都城中。
urabi：漢謨拉比(公元前1792~1750)古巴比倫王國第六代國王。他在位其間，重新統一了兩河流域。實行中央集權統治，興修水利，發展經濟。頒佈有名的《漢謨拉比法典》。
