魅力無限的世界十大古都(組圖)

 巴比倫

　　4. Babylon

　　Famous for its "wondrous" hanging gardens， the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon had as turbulenta history as its location in present-day Iraq suggests. Everyone from the ancient Assyrians to Alexander the Great wanted to get their hands on this strategiclocation, and it would become the capital for many ruling groups over a period of several thousand years. King Nebuchadnezzar II, creator of the gardens, led the city during its splendid architectural heydayaround 600 BC。

　　巴比倫

　　古巴比倫位于今伊拉克共和國境內(nèi)。這座美索不達(dá)米亞平原孕育出來的城市因其令人驚嘆的空中花園而世界聞名。從古亞述人到亞歷山大大帝都試圖染指這一重要的戰(zhàn)略要地。數(shù)千年來，它也一直被眾多統(tǒng)治者定為首都。大約公元前600年，古巴比倫國王尼布甲尼撒二世占領(lǐng)耶路撒冷，建空中花園，創(chuàng)造了巴比倫在建筑學(xué)上的輝煌歷史。

庫斯科

　　5.Cuzco

　　All roads in the Incan empire once lead to Cuzco, bustling capital in the Andes Mountains from the early 1400s until its discovery by European explorers in 1532. To retreatfrom the big city, Incan kings would head to their summer home of Machu Picchu further up in the mountains。

　　庫斯科

　　庫斯科位于秘魯安第斯山脈。在印加帝國時期，所有的道路都可以通向這里，它曾是印加帝國的君主在夏季的避暑勝地。1532年，歐洲探險者發(fā)現(xiàn)了它。

特諾奇蒂特蘭

　　6.Tenochtitlan

　　Legend—and bits and pieces of historical fact—indicates that Tenochtitlan was once the world’s biggest and most beautiful city. The capital of the great Aztec empire, which eventually morphed into today's Mexico City, had about 300,000 inhabitants when Spanish conquistadors arrived in 1521. Despite being built atopa lake according to the wishes of an important Aztec deity, ancient engineers made Tenochtitlan as efficient as any city in Europe with a complex system of causeways and canals。

　　特諾奇蒂特蘭

　　各種傳說和歷史資料都表明特諾奇蒂特蘭曾是世界上最大、最美麗的城市。特諾奇蒂特蘭在歷史上曾是偉大的阿茲特克帝國(即現(xiàn)在的墨西哥城)的首都。1521年西班牙征服者到達(dá)該地時，這里曾有大約30萬人口。盡管傳說特諾奇蒂特蘭建于一座湖泊之上是因為一位重要的阿茲特克神靈的祝福，古代建筑師為該城建造的復(fù)雜的堤道和排水系統(tǒng)讓它和歐洲任何一座先進(jìn)的城市媲美。