the hanging gardens of babylon

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1、TheHangingGardensofBabylonTheapproachtotheGardenslopedlikeahillsideandtheseveralpartsofthestructurerosefromoneanothertierontier...Onallthis,theearthhadbeenpiled...andwasthicklyplantedwithtreesofeverykindthat,bytheirgreatsizeandothercharm,gavepleasuretothebeholder...Thewater

2、machines(raised)thewateringreatabundancefromtheriver,althoughnooneoutsidecouldseeit.——DiodorusSiculus通往花园的道路象山坡一样倾斜着，建筑物的几个部分一层一层地向上交错排列着……泥土在这些上面堆积着……并且浓密地种植着各种各样的树木，它们以其巨大的身躯和其他一些魅力，令观赏者赏心悦目……抽水的机器把大量的水从河中（提升到）上面，尽管没有人从外面能看到它。——DiodorusSiculus　　ruitsandflowers...Waterfall

3、s...Gardenshangingfromthepalaceterraces...Exoticanimals...ThisisthepictureoftheHangingGardensofBabyloninmostpeople'sminds.ItmaybesurprisingtoknowthattheymighthaveneverexistedexceptinthemindsofGreekpoetsandhistorians!通往花园的道路象山坡一样倾斜着，建筑物的几个部分一层一层地向上交错排列着……泥土在这些上面堆积着……并且浓密地种植着

4、各种各样的树木，它们以其巨大的身躯和其他一些魅力，令观赏者赏心悦目……抽水的机器把大量的水从河中（提升到）上面，尽管没有人从外面能看到它。——DiodorusSiculus　　Location　　OntheeastbankoftheRiverEuphrates,about50kmsouthofBaghdad,Iraq.　位置：　　位于幼发拉底河的东岸，距伊拉克的首都巴格达南约50公里。　　History　　TheBabyloniankingdomflourishedundertheruleofthefamousKing,Hammurabi[2

5、](1792-1750BC[3]).Itwasnotuntil[4]thereignoftheNeo-BabyloniandynastythattheMesopotamian[5]civilizationreacheditsultimateglory.NebuchadnezzarII[6](604-562BC)iscreditedforbuildingthelegendaryHangingGardens.ItissaidthattheGardenswerebuiltbyNebuchadnezzartopleasehiswifeorconcub

6、inewhohadbeen"broughtupinMedia[7]andhadapassionformountainsurroundings".历史：　　古巴比伦王国在著名的国王汉谟拉比（公元前1792~1750）的统治下曾经繁荣一时。但是直到新巴比伦王朝，美索不达米亚文明才达到了它的鼎盛时期。人们相信传说中的空中花园是由尼布甲尼撒二世（公元前604年~562年）建造的。据传，尼布甲尼撒为了取悦于其在米底亚长大并对山景怀有深厚感情的王后或者是妃子而建造了空中花园。　　WhilethemostdescriptiveaccountsoftheGa

7、rdenscomefromGreekhistorianssuchasBerossusandDiodorusSiculus,Babylonianrecordsstaysilentonthematter.TabletsfromthetimeofNebuchadnezzardonothaveasinglereferencetotheHangingGardens,althoughdescriptionsofhispalace,thecityofBabylon,andthewallsarefound.Eventhehistorianswhogivede

8、taileddescriptionsoftheHangingGardensneversawthem.ModernhistoriansarguethatwhenAle