مدينة بابل الأثرية : دراسة تخطيطية لفلسفة المكان الحضاري

Abstract EN

The choice of the city of Babylon is a success for the ancient world because it lies between the desert on one hand and from the Tigris and the Euphrates on the other, as the middle of its location among the most intensive urban centers in Iraq.

The importance of the location of the city has emerged through its growth and planning because it lies within a fertile area with fertile soil that helped the interaction of man with the earth produced his city and civilization and the art of architecture through the architecture of religious and public was the choice of the city on the Euphrates river in the atmosphere and temper the atmosphere in summer as we as the distribution of housing and the rest of the other land uses, the city was then a city of capitals and fortified cities in ancient Iraq and remained the capital of southern and central Iraq for long Periods, the area of (10 million) square meter (10 km2) and the circumference of (16.5 km), distributed urban land uses between the right and left banks of the river in the city (24 streets) Two main orthodontic, most famous of which is the motorcade road which passes through the Ishtar Gate and ends at the zikonra (the stepped tower) the city of Babylon was marked as the capital of the Sami who had abandoned their homeland to Mesopotamia, which was called the Semitic Names (Gate of God) or (Bab EL).

The planners and the Babylon architects practiced their ideas and philosophy on the day when the city was needed to build the city according to its different purposes.

The city's planning led to defensive, military, religions, political, commercial and scientific purposes, How did he feel? How did he think and his ability was implemented? Until Babylon prepared from the seven wonders of the greatness and philosophy of the art of planning and their land uses of its urban and urbanism.