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Babylon

Akkadian Bābili, 'gate of god', came into English through Greek and Latin. It was already a scriptural byword for corruption, and Rastafari turned it into a name for the whole oppressive Western system, which reggae then carried around the world.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Akkadian to Biblical Hebrew

1900 BCEAkkadian

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