If you look at a picture of Babylon today, it is abandoned and in ruin, no one lives there, but why? Babylon has been inhabited for centuries, was one of the first megalopolises, and is even mentioned in the Bible. The city itself has been the capital of two major empires and stayed a major city in other empires. It wouldn't make sense for people to just leave the city, especially when it is so well known that most in the Western World have at least heard of the city. So, why do people not live in the city of Babylon?