Ancient Babylon was an influential city that served as a center of Mesopotamian civilization for nearly two millennia, from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C.

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Marriage licenses arrived in the U.S. in the colonial era — Massachusetts started recording marriages at the local level in 1639 and statewide two years later, according to the University of ...

In the course of Koldewey’s excavations of the ancient city, his team identified a mysterious structure in one corner of Babylon’s southern palace. It was made of 14 long rooms with vaulted ...