Hanging Gardens of BabylonFour acres of garden raised on a base supported by pillars, and towering in terraces one above another 300 feet in height. At a distance they looked like a vast pyramid covered with trees. This mound was constructed by Nebuchadnezzar to gratify his wife Amytis, who felt weary of the flat plains of Babylon, and longed for something to remind her of her native Median hills. One of the “seven wonders of the world.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Hanging Gardens of Babylon from Infoplease:
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