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Whom were the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon built for by order of the king Nebuchadnezzar II?

for Nebuchadnezzar's wife queen Amytis

to the memory of Assyrian queen Semiramis

for daughter of Esther

it is not known

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built for Median wife of king Nebuchadnezzar II queen Amytis, because she missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland. The construction of the Hanging Gardens has also been attributed to the legendary queen Semiramis, who supposedly ruled Babylon in the 9th century BC, and they have been called the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis as an alternate name.

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