Babylonia: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Babylonia. | Jul 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Babylonia. | Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: University College London - Babylon and the cities and tribes of Southern Mesopotamia. | Aug 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Babylonia and the Babylonians, in The World Around the Old Testament: The People and Places of the Ancient Near East (ed. Bill T. Arnold and Brent A. Strawn; Baker Academic, 2016) (PDF). | Jun 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Babylonia. | Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Babylonia. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Map added. | Apr 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Livius - Babylonia. | Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Babylonian. | Nov 13, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: UShistory.org - Babylonia, Mesopotamia. | May 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryWorld - History of Babylon. | Feb 21, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Apr 11, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smarthistory - Babylonia, an introduction. | Feb 21, 2019 | ||
| Adjusted approximate dates of Nebuchadrezzar I's reign for consistency with other articles. |
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Jul 12, 2016 | |
| Added photograph. | Jun 18, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Babylon. | Mar 21, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Babylonia. | Mar 21, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Babylonia. | Mar 21, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Babylonia. | Oct 17, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Babylonia. | Dec 11, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 08, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: An Overview of Babylonian Mathematics. |
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Nov 20, 2006 | |
| Added new Web site: World History International - Babylonia. | Aug 03, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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