Babylonia was situated in in the area known as Mesopotamia (greek for "between the rivers"). Two great rivers flow through the land: Tigris and Euphrates. Along these great rivers were many great trading cities such as Ur and babylon on the Euphrates.
The Babylonian Empire was located in the central and southern part of Mesopotamia. The capital of the empire was the city of Babylon between 1792 and 539 B.C. It can be said that Babylon was the center of the Empire during the reign of Hammurabi. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were very important in the development of Mesopotamia because the water of these rivers made agriculture possible.
