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  • MODERN BABYLON —    London, from its huge extent and the miscellaneous character of its inhabitants …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon — was a series of highly controversial newspaper articles on child prostitution that appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette in July 1885. Written by crusading editor W.T. Stead, the series was a tour de force of Victorian journalism. With sensational… …   Wikipedia

  • BABYLON — (Heb. Bavel, בָּבֶל, Gk. Βαβυλὼν), ancient city on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in what is now Iraq. (In contemporary convention, Babylon is used for the city name and Babylonia for the country. In biblical Hebrew בבל is used for… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Babylon Fortress — was an ancient fortress city or castle in the Delta of Egypt, located at Babylon in the area today known as Coptic Cairo.It was situated in the Heliopolite Nome, upon the right (eastern) bank of the Nile, at latitude 30° N., near the commencement …   Wikipedia

  • Modern Age of Comic Books — Watchmen (1986), one of the comics considered to signify the beginning of the Modern Age. Cover art by Dave Gibbons. Time span c.1985 present Related periods …   Wikipedia

  • Babylon — Not to be confused with Babylonia. For other uses, see Babylon (disambiguation). Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • Babylon (village), New York — Infobox Settlement official name = Babylon, New York settlement type = Village nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image pushpin mapsize = 250px map caption = mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country subdivision name =… …   Wikipedia

  • Babylon — /bab euh leuhn, lon /, n. 1. an ancient city of SW Asia, on the Euphrates River, famed for its magnificence and culture: capital of Babylonia and later of the Chaldean empire. 2. any rich and magnificent city believed to be a place of excessive… …   Universalium

  • Babylon —    The most famous city of ancient Mesopotamia and possibly the entire Near East, and the capital or main stronghold of a number of succeeding political states and empires. The term Babylon is the Greek version of Babili or Bab ilim, meaning Gate …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

  • Babylon 5 — This article is about the TV series. For the eponymous fictional space station, see Babylon 5 (space station). Babylon 5 Season 4 poster Genre Science fiction Created by J. Michael St …   Wikipedia

  • Babylon (New Testament) — The Fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great c.539 BC, depicted in a medieval tapestry. Babylon occurs in the Christian New Testament both with a literal and a figurative meaning. The famous ancient city, located near Baghdad, was a complete… …   Wikipedia

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