Hanging Gardens

World wonder in Civilization V
	200
	1
Technology	Mathematics
	1 Great Artist points
Effect	+10 +3

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"I think that if ever a mortal heard the word of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day."

–F. Frankfort Moore

Game Info: Edit

+10 food in the city where the wonder is built. In Gods & Kings it provides +6 food, a garden, and a great artist point for the city it is built in.

Historical Info: Edit

The Hanging Gardens were a distinctive feature of ancient Babylon. They were a great source of pride to the people, and were often described in accounts written by visitors to the city. Possibly built by King Nebuchadnezzar II in 600 BC, the gardens were an ascending series of tiered platforms (not unlike a ziggurat) constructed of mud bricks and containing all manner of trees, shrubs, and vines. From a distance the gardens were said to look like a large green mountain rising from the center of the city.