In around 600 B.C., the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was built under the direction of King Nebuchadnezzar II. It was said that the king built the gardens for his wife, Amytis, as a gift that resembled her old home in the mountains of Iran. The story, though, hasn’t been proven true. The Hanging Gardens was located about 45 miles south of Southern Baghdad.

This wonder has perished from the site of the earth when its citizens fled in 539 B.C. after the invasion of the Persians, who conquered the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and now it is just another piece of our vanished history. The only remains that proved that the gardens existed were the similar remnants near the site.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was a city with terraces, ziggurats, obelisks, smoking altars, and much more. Babylonians used hydraulic irrigation systems and used canals to water the plants on the different levels of the gardens. Archaeologists believe that the Hanging Gardens might have had pomegranate trees, cypresses, fig trees, date palms, and other exotic fruits and flowers.

The beautiful garden was abandoned by its citizens, it later crumbled into ruins because it was neglected and no one kept it in good condition.