| The later Babylonians, Arameans and Assyrians all assimilated the culture initially prepared by the Sumerians. |
| Civilizations like the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians thrived within the nation's borders. |
| These groups included the Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Persians, Greeks, and Romans. |
| The Edomites sided with the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar when they conquered Judah and devastated Jerusalem. |
| The Babylonians claimed that haruspication was the invention of the gods, and that the passions were housed not in the heart, but the liver. |
| The city of Jerusalem, laid waste and destroyed by the Babylonians as an act of divine judgment, is described as having lost all its beauty. |
