Etemenanki

Etemenanki was a ziggurat dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Marduk. It is now in ruins, which are located about 90 kilometres south of .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Babylon and Esagila.

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is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in , today only ruins; it was once one of the most prominent cities of Ancient Mesopotamia. Alexander the Great chose to be the capital of the great empire he had created, and died there while planning further conquests; for several centuries after that it was a major center of the Seleucid Empire founded by one of his generals.

Archaeological site
The Ésagila or Esangil was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of . It lay south of the ziggurat Etemenanki. is situated 310 metres south of Etemenanki.

City gate
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The was the eighth gate to the inner city wall of Babylon. It was constructed c. 569 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. is situated 620 metres northeast of Etemenanki.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hillah.

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is in . is the nearest city to the ruins of , which are 5 km north of the city. It is the capital of Babylon Province and has a population of about 456,000.

Etemenanki

Latitude
32.53646° or 32° 32′ 11″ north
Longitude
44.42114° or 44° 25′ 16″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8H46GCPC+HF
Geo­Names ID
12489831
Wiki­data ID
Q285788
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Etemenanki” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيتيمينانكي”
  • Armenian: “Էտեմենանկի”
  • Belarusian: “Зікурат Этэменанкі”
  • Bulgarian: “Етеменанки”
  • Catalan: “Etemenanki”
  • Chinese: “埃特曼安吉”
  • Chinese: “埃特梅南基”
  • Czech: “Etemenanki”
  • Dutch: “Etemenanki”
  • Esperanto: “Etemenanki”
  • Estonian: “Etemenanki”
  • Finnish: “Etemenanki”
  • French: “Etemenanki”
  • Galician: “Etemenanki”
  • German: “Etemenanki”
  • Hebrew: “אתמנאנכי”
  • Hebrew: “אתמננכי”
  • Hungarian: “Étemenanki”
  • Indonesian: “Etemenanki”
  • Italian: “Etemenanki”
  • Japanese: “エ・テメン・アン・キ”
  • Korean: “에테멘앙키”
  • Persian: “اتمنانکی”
  • Polish: “E-temenanki”
  • Portuguese: “Etemenanki”
  • Portuguese: “Etemenanqui”
  • Romanian: “Etemenanki”
  • Russian: “Этеменанки”
  • Slovak: “Etemenanki”
  • Slovenian: “Etemenanki”
  • Spanish: “Etemenanki”
  • Swedish: “Etemenanki”
  • Thai: “เอเตเมนอันกี”
  • Turkish: “Babil Zigguratı”
  • Turkish: “Etemenanki”
  • Ukrainian: “Етеменанкі”
  • Urdu: “ایٹیمینانکی”
  • Vietnamese: “Etemenanki”

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