Babylon
The Ancients
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The Garden of Nineveh Sennacherib
At Nineveh Sennacherib built gardens they're in the place that the authors said beside a palace not inside or on top of a palace and it was as much a matter of architecture and water supply that made it a world wonder. Water was brought in from a long way away on an aqueduct and then was lifted up to the top of the garden which was built like an amphitheater. The king could come out of his French doors from maybe from his upstairs room and walk along and had forest trees growing above his head. It is a fantastic thing and that is certainly qualifies it to be a worldWonder.
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