 | Universal history - 1779 - 514 pages
...Nebuchadnezzar was the perfon who put the laft baud to it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The moft famous works in and about it were the walls of the...the temple of Belus, Nebuchadnezzar's palace, the hanging-gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake, and canals. The city was furrounded with... | |
 | Alexander Bicknell - Biography - 1791 - 546 pages
...the laft hand to it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The moft famous of his works in and and about it were, the walls of the city, the temple of Belus, his palace, the hanging gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake, and the canals. The walls... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Chronology, Historical - 1803 - 376 pages
...consider him as the founder of the magnificence of Babylon, one of the wonders of the world. The most famous works in and about it, were the walls of the...the banks of the river ; the artificial lake, and the canals. The walls of the city were sixty miles in. compass, three hundred and fifty feet in height,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 378 pages
...him as the founder of the magnificence of Babylon., oae oi ... the the wonders of the world. The most famous works in and about it were the walls of the city ; the temple ofBelus; Nebuchadnezzar's palace ; the hanging gardens ; the banks of the river ; the artificial lake,... | |
 | Geography - 1821 - 768 pages
...it was founded, Nebuchadnezzar embellished it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The most famous works in and about it were, the walls of the city, the temple of Bclus, Nebuchadnezzar's palace, the hanging gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake, and... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 894 pages
...Nebuchadnezzar was the person who put the last hand to it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The most famous •works in and about it were the walls of...banks of the river, the artificial lake, and canals. The city was surrounded with walls, in thickness 87 feet, in height 350 feet, and in compass 480 furlongs... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...c. 41. p. 457. ed. Vgeri.) The chief works of Baoylon, mentioned by historians, were the prodigious walls of the city, the temple of Belus, Nebuchadnezzar's palace, the hanging gardens, the bank of the river, theartificial lake, and the canals. This city was surrounded with walls, in thickness... | |
 | Richard Brookes - Geography - 1832 - 864 pages
...it was founded, Nebuchadnezzar embellished it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The most famous works in and about it were, the walls of the...gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake, and the canals. The walls were 87 feet thick, 350 feet high, and 00 miles in circumference, forming an... | |
 | Richard Brookes - Geography - 1838 - 840 pages
...anj made it one of the wonders of the world. Th? . ftun.ius works in and about it were, the «ills of the city, the temple of Belus, Nebuchadnezzar's palace, the hanging gardens, tue baokj) of the river, the artificial lake, unil tlie canals. The walls were 87 feet thick, 350 feet... | |
 | Richard Brookes - Geography - 1839 - 834 pages
...was founded, Nebuchadnezza*1 embellished it, and made it one of the wondfrs of the .vurld. The most famous works in and about it were, the walls of the...gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake, and the canals. The walls were 87 feet thick, 350 feet high, and 60 miles in circumference, forming an... | |
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Nebuchadnezzar embellished it, and made it one of the wonders of the world. The most famous works in and about it were the walls of the city, the temple of Belus, Nebuchadnezzar's palace, the hanging gardens, the banks of the river, the artificial lake,... 
