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Tom discusses a book by Stephanie Dalley (he says 'Daly') from Oxford that argues the Hanging Gardens were actually in Nineveh, not Babylon. He mentions reading it twice, including before recording the podcast.

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Biblical book referenced when discussing the fate of Zedekiah, who was blinded and taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.

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Biblical book referenced multiple times in discussing the imagery of Babylon as the 'Whore of Babylon' and its influence on anti-imperial sentiment.

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Biblical book referenced in the context of the Tower of Babel story, discussing how God punished the builders' arrogance by making them speak different languages.

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Biblical book discussed extensively, including the stories of Belshazzar's Feast, the writing on the wall, Daniel in the lions' den, and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace.

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Referenced as mentioning Babylon as the home of two angels called Harut and Marut who teach sorcery.

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Referenced as the great center of Jewish scholarship written in Babylonia by Jews who stayed after Cyrus allowed them to return to Jerusalem.

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Biblical book referenced in connection with the Boney M song 'Rivers of Babylon,' which comes from a psalm describing exiles weeping by the rivers of Babylon.