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[bobbin]

a good example of why wikipedia isn't the best source of knowledge, it's Babylon article claims the city was pratically abandoned by 275bc.

[abou]

a good example of why wikipedia isn't the best source of knowledge, it's Babylon article claims the city was pratically abandoned by 275bc.

More of an example of why you need to stay up to date on research. Two decades ago, many of the papers published would agree with that statement regarding Babylon because only ancient historians were used as the primary source, but things change as archaeology uncovers more and more.