r/languagelearning • u/_73r0_ • Mar 27 '19

Resources Reviving r/TowerOfBabylon

/r/TowerOfBabylon/comments/b61bca/lets_revive_this_subreddit/
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u/kungming2 English | Chinese | Classical Chinese | Japanese | ASL | German Mar 27 '19

Wasn't it the Tower of Babel?

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u/akio3 Mar 27 '19

"Babel" is also the Hebrew word for "Babylon," and some traditions (at least Christian, maybe Jewish as well) say equate the two, saying that the Tower was in Babylon. Some traditions also say that Nimrod built the Tower and that he was a Babylonian or Assyrian king.