Babylon
The Ancients
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Senaqarib and Nebuchadnezzar's Garden
There was confusion between Nebuchadnezzar II and Senaqarib because both of them had dealings with Jerusalem. Sennacherib used a metaphor for something that he had invented or was using there wasn't a word for it just as on your computer you might still have a mouse but it's not a real mouse. The older people called it a palm a date palm so I'm trying to find out more about this now. A screw pine which is known from I think the Caribbean where you it's called a screw pine because of the pattern of fronds comes off it. You can see occasionally here especially in the sewage works there's still using our committee screws to raise water
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