Nebuchadnezzar II of the Chaldeans built the famous “hanging gardens of Babylon”
a. to impress the Assyrians
b. to preserve plant species that were becoming extinct
c. for one of his wives
d. to display his collection of botanical tablets
e. to honor his god Shamash
Ans: c
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