#babylon
- Adapa — A mythological hero and legendary wise man from ancient Mesopotamian civilization (Sumerian and Babylonian), considered one of the seven primordial sages (Apkallu) and the creator of the foundations of human civilization in the city of Eridu. According to the clay tablet myth, he refused the food and water of immortality offered by the god Anu due to a deceptive advice from the god Ea, thus losing the chance at eternal life for all of humanity.
- Anu — The supreme deity in Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian mythology, regarded as the god of the sky, the father of the gods, and the supreme ruler of the cosmos; he represented absolute divine authority, cosmic order, and the source of kingly power on Earth.
- Assyro-Babylonian — Belonging to or relating to the combined cultures, history, and civilizations of Assyria and Babylon, the two great Semitic powers that structurally dominated the Mesopotamian basin in antiquity. This compound term describes an integrated cultural and religious space characterized by the use of cuneiform script, the development of high-precision law codes (such as Hammurabi's), and the erection of massive architectural monuments adorned with delicate bas-reliefs.
- Astralism — An ancient religious, mythological, or philosophical doctrine stating that terrestrial phenomena, human destinies, and deities are directly determined, governed, or symbolized by the movement of stars and constellations; a belief system specific to major ancient civilizations (Babylonian, Egyptian) based on the veneration of celestial bodies as divine entities.
- Babel — The biblical name of the city of Babylon, famous for the Tower of Babel, a monumental building erected by humans to reach heaven, an act of pride punished by God by confounding their languages; by extension, the term denotes a place where total confusion reigns, a chaotic mix of languages, peoples, or conflicting opinions where nobody understands anyone.
- Babylonian — A person belonging to the ancient population of Babylon or Babylonia; (as an adjective) pertaining to Babylon, its inhabitants, or the Babylonian Empire, relating to this ancient Mesopotamian civilization; Babylonian.
- Babylonian — A woman belonging to the ancient population of Babylon or Babylonia; (as an adjective) feminine form of babilonean, designating elements, languages, or structures specific to Babylon; (as a linguistic noun) the Semitic idiom or dialect spoken in ancient Babylonia, representing a branch of the Akkadian language.
- Babylonian woman — A woman or girl native to the ancient city of Babylon or the historical region of Babylonia; a female inhabitant of the Babylonian Empire.
- Babylonian — Pertaining to Babylon, Babylonia, or its inhabitants, relating to this ancient Mesopotamian culture; Babylonian.
- Babylonia — An ancient historical region and state in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), formed by the unification of Sumer and Akkad, with its capital at Babylon; an ancient civilization of vast cultural, scientific, and legislative importance in the Near East.
- Babylonian — An inhabitant of ancient Babylonia or the city of Babylon; (as an adjective) pertaining to this Mesopotamian civilization, its laws, culture, or architectural style; Babylonian.
- Babylonian — A woman or girl native to ancient Babylon or Babylonia; (as an adjective) feminine form of babilonian, pertaining to the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, culture, laws, or architecture; (as a linguistic noun) the Semitic Akkadian language or dialect spoken in southern Mesopotamia during Antiquity.
- Babylonian — Pertaining to Babylon or Babylonia, relating to the Babylonian civilization; (metaphorically or literary) characterized by extreme confusion, deep disorder, deafening noise, or a chaotic mixture of languages and contradictory opinions; Babel-like.
- Babylonia genus — A genus of predatory marine snails in the class Gastropoda, family Babyloniidae, known for their globose, thick shells elegantly decorated with regular brown or orange spots on a yellowish-white background. Distributed in the tropical waters of the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, these mollusks live on sandy bottoms and are important both ecologically and economically, representing a gastronomic delicacy in Southeast Asia.