Two very different portraits exist for Babylon's greatest ruler.Nebuchadnezzar's reign (c630 - 562 BC) represents the last and perhaps greatest flowering of a culture that had endured for three millennia. His capital, Babylon, home of the famous Hanging Gardens, was a wonder of the ancient world in itself, but nothing remains today of the city except a scattering of dusty mounds. Nebuchadnezzar's deeds have been obscured by time and popular history has failed to engage this most fascinating of rulers.
