The hanging gardens of Babylon. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built by Nebachadnezzar II in 600 B.C. Some say it was to fulfill the longing and homesickness of his wife, Amytis of Media, who grew up with trees and plants everywhere. It was later destroyed by an earthquake in the first century B.C.

            The fortress was said to be 75 feet high, by the poets of its time. the walls were recorded as 25-32 feet in thickness.The where abouts of the actual existing place is unknown, archaeologists did uproot walls of 25 feet thickness. The Hanging Gardens itself may not exist, a figment of poetic creation. The exact place would be east of the Euphrates River, 50 km from Bahgdad, Iraq.

            One of the Seven Wonder of the Ancient World: Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Great Pyramid of Giza, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis, Mausoleum of Maussollos, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria.