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Back To Babylonby Wayne Blank Familiar Warplanes Over Babylon
In the north of Iraq are major sections of the famous Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (see The Tigris-Euphrates Valley), which have their sources farther north, that includes near Mount Ararat, where Noah's Ark landed after The Flood. In the southern zone is Ur Of The Chaldees, the birthplace of Abraham, who was the father of Isaac, who was the father of Jacob - who God renamed Israel (see Children of Jacob). Near the extreme southeast of the zone, was the The Garden Of Eden. In central Iraq were the ancient cities of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire (see Ancient Empires - Assyria), and Babylon, the capital of the Babylonian empire (see Ancient Empires - Babylon). It was to Assyria and Babylon that the Israelites were separately exiled after Israel split into two kingdoms, "Israel" and "Judah." The northern kingdom of "Israel" lasted a little over 200 years before it was gradually conquered by the Assyrians, and by 721 B.C. they had practically all been taken into exile to Assyria (2 Kings 17:1-23). The vast majority of them never returned, and have become known as the "Lost Ten Tribes of Israel." Then, about 135 years later, in 586 B.C., the southern kingdom of Judah was conquered by the Babylonians (see Why Babylon?), and the people of Judah were taken into captivity to Babylon. The original Temple of God in Jerusalem was destroyed at that time (see Temples and Temple Mount Treasures). The people of the southern kingdom of Judah however did return after the Babylonians fell to the Persians (see Ancient Empires - Persia), and their descendants have become the Jewish people of today.
Fact Finder: What great king of Babylon did the prophet Daniel serve?
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