The gardens were built to cheer up Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife, Amyitis. Amyitis, daughter of the king of the Medes, was married to Nebuchadnezzar to create an alliance between the two nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and she found the flat, sun-baked terrain of Mesopotamia depressing. The king decided to relieve her depression by recreating her homeland through the building of an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.
The gardens were built to cheer up Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife, Amyitis. Amyitis, daughter of the king of the Medes, was married to Nebuchadnezzar to create an alliance between the two nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and she found the flat, sun-baked terrain of Mesopotamia depressing. The king decided to relieve her depression by recreating her homeland through the building of an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.
The hanging gardens of Babylon were built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife. She missed her life in the mountains where she was from, and he built it to remind her of her life in the mountains.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are from the city of Babylon built by King Nebuchadnezzar 2 to impress his Persian wife.
Nebuchadnezzar's famous terraced gardens were built in Babylon.
His wife's name was Amytis who was from Medo-Persia. He built the hanging gardens of Babylon for her.
Ancient Babylon is where the gardens were located.
It was built in Babylon.
King Nebuchadnezzar
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife. It is called "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon''.
In Babylonia. They are known as the 'Hanging Gardens of Babylon'.
The hanging gardens of Babylon were built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife. She missed her life in the mountains where she was from, and he built it to remind her of her life in the mountains.
Babylon.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are from the city of Babylon built by King Nebuchadnezzar 2 to impress his Persian wife.
Nebuchadnezzar's famous terraced gardens were built in Babylon.
The hanging gardens of Babylon were built in sixth century BC by Nebuchadnezzar-II near Euphrates river.
He had the hanging gardens of Babylon built. It was one of the seven wonders of the world.
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon was reputed to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World...