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Line 11: − The common belief that Nimrod was the founder of Babylon seems to stem from the Hebrew belief as recorded in the ''Antiquities of the Jews'' by [[Josephus|Flavious Josephus]] (which text is below in ''from Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews''). Diodorus' claim that Samiramis built Babylon after Nimrod's death necessitates that the tower was built first and then after Nimrod's death, the city was built around the tower.+ − It is only natural to assume that such a project necessitated workers huts and support networks and industries. Therefore it may be true that Nimrod founded the [[Tower of Babel]] as a single work akin to the Pyramids, yet Semiramis had the remnants properly formed into a city which we now call [[Babylon]]. + + + +
Reworked section ''Founding of Babylon''
=Founding of Babylon=
=Founding of Babylon=
It is a common belief that Nimrod was the founder of the city of [[Babylon]]. While the [[Genesis]] account does not mention that Nimrod was the founder of the city and tower, [[Josephus]] as representing [[Hebrew]] folk lore, specifically states that he founded the [[Tower of Babel]].<ref>[[Josephus]], Antiquities of the Jews, 1.4.2</ref>
Meanwhile [[Diodorus Siculus|Diodorus]], as does Justin, states that Nimrod's wife [[Semiramis]] founded the city and built its walls after Nimrod's death.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, ''Biblotheca Historica'', 2.7.2</ref><ref>Justin, History of the World, 1.2</ref>
Yet in Genesis' heavily simplified account recorded in {{bible ref|Genesis|11|4}}, simply states that these two events were synonymous.
These accounts can be easily harmonized by simply acknowledging Diodorus' timeline but inserting the initiation of the [[Tower of Babel]] after Nimrod's conquest of [[Bactra]], but before his death (as necessitated by [[Josephus]]). For it can also be assumed that all great projects need accommodation for construction crews. Assuming that the tower (according to Genesis 11), was undoubtedly meant to be much larger and higher than it ended up being, the disaster of Divine intervention resulted in a incomplete job and dispersed construction staff. Therefore it can be concluded that [[Semiramis]] obtained new construction crews, repurposed and retrofitted the [[Tower of Babel]] into the Temple of [[Marduk]] and started formalizing the existing builders huts into an actual city with walls, bridges, commercial zones, government buildings and residences. Therefore it can be synonomously said that both Nimrod founded the city of [[Babylon]] and that Semiramis completed it; while the biblical account simplifies this history into one event.
=Nimrod as seen by different sources=
=Nimrod as seen by different sources=