The last Assyrian city to fall was Harran in south east Anotolia, this city was also the birthplace of the last king of Babylon, the Assyrian Nabonidus and his son and regent Belshazzar.

Some of the earliest historiographic texts ( ABC 19, 20 ) suggest he rebuilt the city of Babylon ( Bab-ilu ) in its new location near Akkad.

A list of priests and Levites who returned in the days of Cyrus ( the first returnees from Babylon ) is presented ; Nehemiah, aided by Ezra, oversees the dedication of the walls and the rebuilt city.

According to the book, the Prophet Jeremiah was a son of a priest from Anatot in the land of Benjamin, who lived in the last years of the Kingdom of Judah just prior to, during, and immediately after the siege of Jerusalem, culminating in the destruction of Solomon's Temple and the raiding of the city by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

He alienated the powerful priests of Marduk, the official god of Babylon, by taking up the worship of Sin, the god of Harran ( a city in northern Mesopotamia ), absenting himself for long periods from the city and neglecting crucial ceremonies.

The Book of Ezekiel describes itself as the words of the Ezekiel ben-Buzi, a priest living in exile in the city of Babylon between 593 and 571.

A further deportation of Jews from Jerusalem to Babylon occurred in 586 when a second unsuccessful rebellion resulted in the destruction of the city and its Temple and the exile of the remaining elements of the royal court, including the last scribes and priests.

This fortress, known as Babylon, remains the oldest structure in the city.

It would appear that Bit Yakin was the chief or capital city of the land ; and the king of Chaldea is also called the king of Bit Yakin, just as the kings of Babylonia are regularly styled simply king of Babylon, the capital city.

However, this was short lived, and Sennacherib sacked Babylon, destroying the city in 689 BC routing the Babylonians, the Chaldeans of Bit-Yâkin and their Elamite backers in the process.

Nabopolassar took advantage of the chaos gripping Assyria, and seized the city of Babylon in 620 BC with the help of its native inhabitants.

His building activity at Babylon was what turned it into the immense and beautiful city of legend.

At the center of the city rose the giant ziggurat called Etemenanki, " House of the Frontier Between Heaven and Earth ," which lay next to the Temple of Marduk. He also made The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, for his wife from the mountains so that she would feel at home.

The Book of Ezra describes how he led a group of Judean exiles living in Babylon to their home city of Jerusalem ( Ezra 8. 2-14 ) where he enforced observance of the Torah and cleansed the community of mixed marriages.

Image: Pergamonmuseum Babylon Ischtar-Tor. jpg | Ishtar Gate is the oldest city gate in existence

Unlike earlier laws, it was written in Akkadian, the daily language of Babylon, and could therefore be read by any literate person in the city.

The earliest mention of the city of Babylon can be found in a tablet from the reign of Sargon of Akkad, dating back to the 24th century BC.

Cyrus the Great, the Persian king, refounded the city one mile southeast of its historic site at the mound of Tell es-Sultan and returned the Jewish exiles after conquering Babylon in 539 BCE.

Mesopotamia housed historically important cities such as Uruk, Nippur, Nineveh, Assur and Babylon, as well as major territorial states such as the city of Ma-asesblu, the Akkadian kingdom, the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the various Assyrian empires.

He also bragged about his conquests: he wrote of Babylon " Its inhabitants, young and old, I did not spare, and with their corpses I filled the streets of the city.

* 539 BC – Cyrus the Great marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile.

The city is not adequately compensated for the services covered by the fees, he said.

During the winter months Lake Cadillac and Lake Mitchell freeze over and the city becomes covered with snow.

It was requested that the murals be covered by city landmark protections by the Los Angeles Conservancy.

This lake was covered during the early 18th century as the city grew.

In the UK, there were also fanzines that covered the local music scene in a particular town or city.

The city was covered with names as ' De Zoot ', ' Vendex ' and ' Dr Rat '.

The city covered deep in ash after the 1914 eruption of the Sakurajima volcano which is seen in the distance across the bay

* Timgad-Roman city founded by the emperor Trajan around 100 AD, covered by the sand at 7th century.

* Kuelap-A massive ruined city still covered in jungle that was the capital of the Chachapoyas culture in Northern Peru.

However, massive new constructions have by now covered large areas beyond these traditional limit, and a number of previously independent nuclei-like Viana-were incorporated into the city.

In addition to its generally southward-sloping layout, the centre of the city is the site of an ancient river, the Flon, which has been covered since the 19th century.

Since 2002, most of the campus and surrounding city is covered by a wireless network.

The city has expanded to such an extent that by 1990 it covered most of the department.

A flood in 1875 covered the city of Marysville and when it subsided the town's streets were filled with debris and rocks washed down from the " hydraulicking " going on upstream.

At around this time the city covered an area of, making it the 5th largest town in Roman Britain by surface area.

The space enclosed by the existing walls is of small extent, so that it is probable the city in the days of its greatness must have covered a considerable area without them: and it has been supposed by some writers that the present line of walls is that erected by Hermocrates when he restored the city after its destruction by the Carthaginians.

A portcullis covered the opening when the city was under siege, and additional watchtowers were constructed along the city walls.

The area covered by the present-day Madhya Pradesh includes the area of the ancient Avanti mahajanapada, whose capital Ujjain ( also known as Avanti ) arose as a major city during the second wave of Indian urbanization in the sixth century BCE.

In the early 20th century, the Poltva was covered over in areas where it flows through the city ; the river flows directly beneath the central street of Lviv, Freedom Avenue ( Prospect Svobody ) and the Lviv Opera House.

The city is being covered by the sand dunes advancing from its eastern side ( salmon-coloured on image to left ), which pose a daily problem.

The city is covered by the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District and South Texas Independent School District.

As early as the time of Augustus, a public basilica for transacting business had been part of any settlement that considered itself a city, used in the same way as the late mediaeval covered market houses of northern Europe, where the meeting room, for lack of urban space, was set above the arcades, however.