The Hanging Garden of Babylon
The hanging gardens of Babylon was man made structure that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, The Hanging Gardens originated in approximately 605 B.C. Babylon, the capital of Babylonia, was built between the Eupharates and Tigris rivers, where modern Baghdad in Iraq stands today. King Neluchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens for his wife, Amytis, who was the princess of the Medes. The Hanging Gardens was built on arches overlooking the city walls. The lowest terraces was twenty-four meters off the ground and each succeeding terrace was three meters higher. There were about six terraces so that the topmost terrace was forty meters off the ground. The first stage of the building was a series of brick archways that was the same height as the city walls. Underneath them, lay a shaded courtyard. On top of these arches the Babylonians built long brick terraces in rows. These terraces were lined with lead, to hold water, and then covered with thick layers of fertile soil. Many exotics trees were planted. Each flowerbed was a size of a tennis court and the area of each terrace was thirty meters long by five meters wide.
Sit in group of five, discuss and answer the following question based the text above.
1. What do you know about the hanging garden of Babylon ?
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2. Does it belong to a modern great art work or an ancient one ?
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3. Who built such garden and what did he build it for ?
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4. What do you know about the long brick terraces ?
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5. Having comprehended the text, what do you think of king Neluchaduezzar ?
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1. What is the type of the text above ?
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2. What is the generic structure of the text above ?
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3. What is the communicative purpose of the writer writes such text ?
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4. Mention some adjectives, used on the text above which describe the condition of the hanging garden Babylon !
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5. Classify the text above according to its generic structure!
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2. Does it belong to a modern great art work or an ancient one ?
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3. Who built such garden and what did he build it for ?
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4. What do you know about the long brick terraces ?
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5. Having comprehended the text, what do you think of king Neluchaduezzar ?
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Still in group, reread the text more carefully then answer the questions below.
1. What is the type of the text above ?
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2. What is the generic structure of the text above ?
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3. What is the communicative purpose of the writer writes such text ?
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4. Mention some adjectives, used on the text above which describe the condition of the hanging garden Babylon !
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5. Classify the text above according to its generic structure!
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