Ancient Babylon Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? Woot taan an idle one; for Babylon was not only one of the most beautiful cities | in _the world, it was also the most powerful. Nebuchadnezzar (606-561 B.C. ) had led it to the zenith of its power. the cradle of the human race (the Euphrates-Tigris Valley, now part of Iraq), Babylon's history starts even before 2400 B.C. and goes back to the Tower of Babel. It was important enough to be mentioned in the Old Testament more than 250 times. Before the discovery of the Behistun Rock in 1835 by Britain's Sir Henry Rawlinson, very little was known about Ancient Babylon outside of Old Testament history. On the face of this huge rock, 400 feet above a road, was found an inscription engraved in 516 B.C. by order of Darius, King of Persia, (521-485 B.C.). This was the same Darius who helped to rebuild the Temple at Jerusalem as recorded in the Book of Ezra. Chapter 1 Daniel 4:30 This boast of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:30 was not Located in an area many Bible scholars consider to be