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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An ancient empire of Mesopotamia in the Euphrates River valley. It flourished under Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II but declined after 562 BC and fell to the Persians in 539.

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  • proper noun An ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia, combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad.

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  • noun an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)

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Babylon +‎ -ia

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