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Article: The Nebuchadnezzar link.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- April 5, 2003
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LAST March 16, 2003 before the Iraq war broke out, I wrote an article in this column titled the BabylonIraq Connection. I mentioned in my article that Iraq and other biblical cities predominantly Babylon are located in the same site. The site I am referring to is Mesopotamia, the land between the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates mentioned in the Holy Bible. Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means the land between two rivers. Mesopotamia is also the place where the Bible story begins.
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Babylon used to be the capital of Babylonia and the Babylonian empire. Babylon means "babilu" or gate of god. Babylon is about 55 miles south of modern Baghdad. Today, ...