Babylon, the "Gate of the Gods", in the Symbolic Realm of tre Preghiere di Nabuccodurissor for Guitar

Abstract

Babylon is situated on the River Euphrates, approximately thirty kilometers south of Baghdad, the capital of modern Iraq [1]. The ancient city was located at the center of a magnificent plantation of palms and was endowed with a permanent water supply [2]. Furthermore, it was very favorably situated on the trade route and the main highway from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean [3]. In view of these almost ideal economic conditions, it is not surprising that Babylon’s destiny should have been taken for granted [4]. An ancient map of the world incised on a clay tablet now held in the British Museum, shows Babylon as its center [5].