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Babylonia
(bab′ə lō′nē ə)
ancient empire in SW Asia, in the lower valley of the Tigris & Euphrates rivers: it flourished c. 2100-689 and again, as Chaldea or “New Babylonia,” c. 625-538
Origin: L < Gr Babylōnia < Babylōn: see Babylon
See Babylonia in American Heritage Dictionary 4
An ancient empire of Mesopotamia in the Euphrates River valley. It flourished under Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II but declined after 562 B.C. and fell to the Persians in 539.
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