Tower of Babel
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Tower of Babel — • Information on the history, site, and construction of the tower Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tower of Babel Tower of Babel … Catholic encyclopedia
Tower of Babel — noun singular a place or situation that is very confusing because there is too much information and no easy way to understand it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Tower of Babel — The Tower of Babel ( he. מגדל בבל Migdal Bavel ar. برج بابل Burj Babil ) is a structure featured in chapter 11 of the Book of Genesis, an enormous tower intended as the crowning achievement of the city of Babilu, the Akkadian name for Babylon.… … Wikipedia
Tower of Babel — A famous Mesopotamian structure mentioned in the Bible, a description that modern scholars believe was based on memories of a ziggurat erected in Babylon during the rule of its Neo Babylonian dynasty. According to Genesis 11, all people… … Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary
Tower Of Babel (computer game) — Tower Of Babel is a computer game for the Amiga, Atari ST and Acorn Archimedes systems programmed by Pete Cooke, developed by Rainbird Software and released by Microprose Software in 1990. It is a puzzle game played on a three dimensional tower… … Wikipedia
Tower of Babel — Tower of Ba|bel, the a tower in a story in the Old Testament of the Bible. According to the story, everyone originally spoke the same language, but when the people of Babel tried to build a tower that would reach to Heaven, God prevented them by… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Tower of Babel (disambiguation) — The Tower of Babel in the Old Testament was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens.Tower of Babel may also refer to:In gaming:* Tower of Babel (board game), board game by Reiner Knizia * Tower Of Babel (computer game), computer… … Wikipedia
Tower of Babel (M. C. Escher) — Artwork title=Tower of Babel artist=M. C. Escher year=1928 type=Woodcut height=62.1 width=38.6 Tower of Babel is a 1928 woodcut by M. C. Escher. It depicts the Babylonians attempting to build a tower to reach God, a story that is recounted in… … Wikipedia
Tower of Babel — noun (Genesis 11:1 11) a tower built by Noah s descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another • Syn: ↑Babel • Topics: ↑Genesis,… … Useful english dictionary
Tower of Babel — Date: 1718 Babel 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
