How to Use Babylonian in a Sentence
Babylonian
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England and the colonies were still using an old calendar with roots dating back to Babylonian times.
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Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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But Nehemiah was ordered to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, which had been destroyed during the Babylonian conquest.
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John Fugelsang
september 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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It is thought that the Greek myth could be a retelling of an older Babylonian tale, in which the hero Gilgamesh slayed a colossal dog-headed, winged serpent known as a Mush-dragon.
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Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 May 2026
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The fourth and final column uses the contemporary and far more streamlined Babylonian style of cuneiform to describe how Ur’s governor found the brick.
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Literary Hub,
26 Aug. 2025
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Others pushed the exotic limits further with Hindu/Asia or Babylonian/Mesopotamian themes.
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Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
11 Feb. 2026
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In Babylonian and Assyrian artworks, too, feathers are often seen covering the bodies of deities or embellishing royal crowns.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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In fact, the Ancient Sumerians, and their Babylonian successors, mastered date-growing techniques that a modern orchardist would recognize.
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Jacob Jones,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Aug. 2025
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While the constellation Aries was visible in the ecliptic starting on March 21, according to Babylonian time, today the constellation Pisces appears on that day instead.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
8 Mar. 2026
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Even the Hammurabi Code, a set of laws created by the sixth Babylonian king in approximately 1760 bce, established forerunners of today’s interest rate and minimum wage laws.
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Chris Roush,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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Research tells us that New Year’s resolutions, a popular noncontractual commitment, began over 3,000 years ago in Babylonian culture and shortly after in other cultures as a way, in general, to atone for questionable practices and/or debt.
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Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
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