Why is it called Babylon?

The city from which Babylon draws its name was the capital city of the ancient Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia. In the Bible's Book of Genesis, the famed Tower of Babel is constructed there. From this place, God scatters people across the earth and confuses their language.



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The Tower of Babel stood at the very heart of the vibrant metropolis of Babylon in what is today Iraq. It was a city of open squares, broad boulevards and narrow, winding lanes. But the City of Cities, as Babylon was known by the Ancients, eventually fell into ruin.

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