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</ref> was the tallest brick building ever constructed.<ref>According to [[Josephus]], this was initiated by [[Nimrod]]. See Josephus, ''Antiquities of the Jews'', 1.4.2</ref>  Built in the [[ziggurat]] style, it was converted to the Temple of Bel [[Marduk]] as the father of [[Babylon]] gods.  Multiple religions teach that the tower was built by the descendants of [[Noah]] soon after the [[Great Flood|Flood]] as in {{bible ref|Genesis|11|1-9}}, so that its "top may reach unto heaven."

</ref> was the tallest brick building ever constructed.<ref>According to [[Josephus]], this was initiated by [[Nimrod]]. See Josephus, ''Antiquities of the Jews'', 1.4.2</ref>  Built in the [[ziggurat]] style, it was converted to the Temple of Bel [[Marduk]] as the father of [[Babylon]] gods.  Multiple religions teach that the tower was built by the descendants of [[Noah]] soon after the [[Great Flood|Flood]] as in {{bible ref|Genesis|11|1-9}}, so that its "top may reach unto heaven."

It is commonly asserted by adherents to both the [[Genesis|Biblical]] account and by adherents to the ancient [[pagan]] historians,<ref>[[Berossus the Chaldean]]</ref> that the ''Tower of Babel'' story provides an explanation to fundamental mysteries that [[atheistic]] science has been unable to solve, namely:

Both [[Genesis|Biblical]] scholars and [[pagan]] historians<ref>[[Berossus the Chaldean]]</ref> cite the ''Tower of Babel'' account to explain fundamental mysteries that [[atheistic]] science cannot solve, namely:

* the different languages today that lack a common origin, and

* the different languages today that lack a common origin, and

* the immense diversity in ethnicity.

* the immense diversity in ethnicity.