'This detailed history, drawing on fascinating ancient texts and archaeology of the site, is valuable reading,'---Minerva Magazine. Babylon was home to the empires of Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar, Darius, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids, and the Parthians; its city walls were a wonder of the world; its ziggurat, the legendary tower of Babel. 396 pages, softcover. Cambridge University.