babylonia
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1. 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) (noun.location)
| part holonym | : | sumer, |
| definition | : | an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq, |
| definition | : | a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | mesopotamia, |
| definition | : | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
| domain region | : | babylon, |
| definition | : | the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | battle of cunaxa, cunaxa, |
| definition | : | battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | chaldaean, chaldean, chaldee, |
| definition | : | of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | chaldaean, chaldean, chaldee, |
| definition | : | of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture (adj.pert) |
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