he Hanging Gardens of Babylon were considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one of the Wonders that may have been purely legendary. They were purportedly built in the ancient city-state of Babylon, near present-day Al Hillah, Babil province, in Iraq. The Hanging Gardens were not the only World Wonder in Babylon; the city walls and obelisk attributed to Queen Semiramis were also featured in ancient lists of Wonders.[1]
The gardens were attributed to the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled between 605 and 562 BC. He is reported to have constructed the gardens to please his homesick wife, Amytis of Media, who longed for the plants of her homeland.[2] The gardens were said to have been destroyed by several earthquakes after the 2nd century BC.[citation needed]
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are documented by ancient Greek and Romans writers, including Strabo, Diodorus Siculus, and Quintus Curtius Rufus. However, no cuneiform texts describing the Hanging Gardens are extant, and no definitive archaeological evidence concerning their whereabouts have been found.[3][4]
Ancient writers describe the possible use of something similar to an Archimedes screw as a process of irrigating the terraced gardens.[5] Estimates based on descriptions of the gardens in ancient sources say the Hanging Gardens would have required a minimum amount of 8,200 gallons of water per day.[6]Nebuchadnezzar II is also reported to have used massive slabs of stone, a technique not otherwise attested in Babylon, to prevent the water from eroding the ground
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К. и. кауфман (6 класс) test yourself – unit 10 i. change the sentences into the past simple. use the words yesterday, last week, two days ago. 1. he comes to school in time. 2. i say her “good-bye”. 3. my sister goes to london by train. 4. kate sees mary every day. 5. we take our relatives to the airport. 6. my mum tells us fairy-tales every evening. 7. they choose the right answer in the test. 8. my parents find a lot of mushrooms in the forest. 9. we meet our friends every sunday. 10. paul knows the english history very well. ii. answer the questions. 1. was there a supermarket in your town three years ago? 2. how old were you when you read your first book? 3. what did you do yesterday at 8 p.m.? 4. when did you come to school today? iii. make questions from these words. 1. walk, her dog, she, did, yesterday? 2. buy, they, did, what, last month? 3. we, where, eat, did, pizza? 4. she, did, tell, him, a secret? 5. what, he, did, say? iv. put questions to the underlined words. 1. i wanted to buy a nice christmas present for my mum. 2. the boy read an interesting book yesterday. 3. bill chose the biggest apple in the basket. 4. this little girl looked like her mother. (…or…) 5. alice closed the window in her bedroom, (не так ли? ) 6. james took his little brother to the zoo last wednesday. v. put in is, are, was, were. 1. there no pupils at school yesterday. 2. there much chocolate ice-cream at home. can i have it. 3. there a lot of hungry kittens under my table. give them milk, please. 4. what there in your school bag yesterday? 5. there much fish in the fish soup? – yes, there a lot. 6. there any baby crocodiles in the zoo last year? – yes, there five. 1. how many seasons there in a year? 2. what there in your hand? – it’s a big carrot. 3. there no stadiums in london a long time ago. 4. there no snow last winter. vi. translate from russian into english. 1. мой друг маме по дому вчера. 2. что ты читал вчера вечером? 3. я ездила в киев в году. 4. на тарелке большое яблоко. 5. в парке не было детей. 6. в вашей комнате много интересных книг? 7. вчера дома не было молока. 8. ты ходил в школу вчера? 9. вчера мэри не выполнила . 10.вы отмечали halloween в году? vii. correct the mistakes. 1. what there is in the room? 2. there is a lot of apples on the table. 3. you wanted to have some juice yesterday? 4. where did you went to swim yesterday? 5. there isn’t no water in the glass. 6. there wasn’t presents for you last christmas! 7. we not watched tv at school yesterday. 8. do your father went to the party with you yesterday? 9. are there some apples on the table? 10. are there many boys in the house? – yes, there are not.
1)He came to school yesterday
2)I said her "Good-bye" two days ago
3)My sister went to London by train last week
4)Kate saw Mary yesterday
5)Last week we took our relatives to the airport
6)My mum told us fairy tale yesterday
7)Two days age they chose the right answer in the text
8)Last week my parents found a lot of mushrooms in the forest
9)We met our friends yesterday
10)Yesterday Paul knew the English history very well