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1、TheHangingGardensofBabylonTheapproachtotheGardenslopedlikeahillsideandtheseveralpartsofthestructurerosefromoneanothertierontier...Onallthis,theearthhadbeenpiled...andwasthicklyplantedwithtreesofeverykindthat,bytheirgreatsizeandothercharm,gavepleasuretothebeholder...Thewater
2、machines(raised)thewateringreatabundancefromtheriver,althoughnooneoutsidecouldseeit.——DiodorusSiculus通往花園的道路象山坡一樣傾斜著，建筑物的幾個部分一層一層地向上交錯排列著……泥土在這些上面堆積著……并且濃密地種植著各種各樣的樹木，它們以其巨大的身軀和其他一些魅力，令觀賞者賞心悅目……抽水的機(jī)器把大量的水從河中（提升到）上面，盡管沒有人從外面能看到它?！狣iodorusSiculus ruitsandflowers...Waterfall
3、s...Gardenshangingfromthepalaceterraces...Exoticanimals...ThisisthepictureoftheHangingGardensofBabyloninmostpeople'sminds.ItmaybesurprisingtoknowthattheymighthaveneverexistedexceptinthemindsofGreekpoetsandhistorians!通往花園的道路象山坡一樣傾斜著，建筑物的幾個部分一層一層地向上交錯排列著……泥土在這些上面堆積著……并且濃密地種植著
4、各種各樣的樹木，它們以其巨大的身軀和其他一些魅力，令觀賞者賞心悅目……抽水的機(jī)器把大量的水從河中（提升到）上面，盡管沒有人從外面能看到它?！狣iodorusSiculus Location OntheeastbankoftheRiverEuphrates,about50kmsouthofBaghdad,Iraq. 位置： 位于幼發(fā)拉底河的東岸，距伊拉克的首都巴格達(dá)南約50公里?！ istory TheBabyloniankingdomflourishedundertheruleofthefamousKing,Hammurabi[2
5、](1792-1750BC[3]).Itwasnotuntil[4]thereignoftheNeo-BabyloniandynastythattheMesopotamian[5]civilizationreacheditsultimateglory.NebuchadnezzarII[6](604-562BC)iscreditedforbuildingthelegendaryHangingGardens.ItissaidthattheGardenswerebuiltbyNebuchadnezzartopleasehiswifeorconcub
6、inewhohadbeen"broughtupinMedia[7]andhadapassionformountainsurroundings".歷史： 古巴比倫王國在著名的國王漢謨拉比（公元前1792~1750）的統(tǒng)治下曾經(jīng)繁榮一時。但是直到新巴比倫王朝，美索不達(dá)米亞文明才達(dá)到了它的鼎盛時期。人們相信傳說中的空中花園是由尼布甲尼撒二世（公元前604年~562年）建造的。據(jù)傳，尼布甲尼撒為了取悅于其在米底亞長大并對山景懷有深厚感情的王后或者是妃子而建造了空中花園?！ hilethemostdescriptiveaccountsoftheGa
7、rdenscomefromGreekhistorianssuchasBerossusandDiodorusSiculus,Babylonianrecordsstaysilentonthematter.TabletsfromthetimeofNebuchadnezzardonothaveasinglereferencetotheHangingGardens,althoughdescriptionsofhispalace,thecityofBabylon,andthewallsarefound.Eventhehistorianswhogivede
8、taileddescriptionsoftheHangingGardensneversawthem.ModernhistoriansarguethatwhenAle
