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Bab⋅y⋅lo⋅ni⋅a

[bab-uh-loh-nee-uh, -lohn-yuh]
–noun
an ancient empire in SW Asia, in the lower Euphrates valley: its greatest period was 2800–1750 b.c. Capital: Babylon.
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Bab·y·lo·ni·a   (bāb'ə-lō'nē-ə, -lōn'yə)   
An ancient empire of Mesopotamia in the Euphrates River valley. It flourished under Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II but declined after 562 B.C. and fell to the Persians in 539.
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