<Li> Babylon 5--a science fiction series about a multi-racial futuristic space station . </Li> <Li> Babylon A.D. takes place in New York City, decades in the future . </Li> <Li> Babilonas (Lithuanian name for "Babylon")--a real estate development in Lithuania . </Li> <P> In Genesis 10: 10, Babel (Babylon) is described as founded by Nimrod along with Uruk, Akkad and perhaps Calneh--all of them in Shinar ("Calneh" is now sometimes translated not as a proper name but as the phrase "all of them"). Another story is given in Genesis 11, which describes a united human race, speaking one language, migrating to Shinar to establish a city and tower--the Tower of Babel . God halts construction of the tower by scattering humanity across the earth and confusing their communication so they are unable to understand each other in the same language . </P>

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