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| - Technically, Babylon refers to a city while Babylonia refers to the larger region in which the city is situated, yet popular culture often uses the terms interchangeably. As neither entity plays a very large role in Harry Turtledove's fiction, they have not been given separate articles.
- Babylon is rumoured to be a magic floating island on Mobius. It is supposedly home to the Babylon Thieves' Guild, where several generations of Extreme Gear racers have been "promoted" to. Babylon Rogues Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow and Storm the Albatross participated in a Kane Broadcasting Company-sponsored race. Having practised for it all their lives, the Rogues believed that winning the race would allow them to enter the mystical island and achieve vast wealth. However, the race was rigged so that the contestants would be "blown up" when their boards detonated past a certain point. A livid Wave was furious that she didn't get the chance to enter Babylon, but Sonic the Hedgehog presumed that her ancestors had also been killed.
- Babylon was the capital city of the ancient civilization, Babylonia, located in Mesopotamia, or southern current-day Iraq. King Nebuchadnezzar built the "Great Engine" beneath the city to contact the Aetherium, the realm of the Babylonian god Marduk. Babylon is also a place of Judeo-Christian significance, as it was the supposed location of the fabled Tower of Babel. By 1947, the city had fallen into a state of disrepair. When Indiana Jones arrived in Babylon, he saw it was in ruins, and upon arrival remarked to himself "Babylon, a city of mud, bricks, and not much else."
- Ein Schiff von Orbital Kuren und Kreuzfahrten. Die Babylon wurde vor einiger Zeit auf der Handelsroute nach Baden-Baden von der LWB angegriffen. Es transportierte Luxusgüter.
- The Ancient City of the long dead Bablyonian Empire. Since then this ancient city past through many hands, lastly Persia, and now is the Capital of the Seleucid Empire. Under the Seleucus family this city was renamed Seleucia. This city has many famous ruins, the legendary Ishtar gate and the Hanging gardens. This region remains and highly contested region, with many envious eyes watching this place.
- Babylon is a kingdom on Earth (in both the Other World and world of Daventry).
- In Babylon harps sang to Saille the willow tree.
- During the Yogscast Civilization Christmas Livestream, Parv played as Babylon. When the game began Parv ended up spawning near Duncan who was Egypt at the time. Before discovering Duncan however Parv renamed his capital to Parvytown. Parv upon discovering Duncan told Duncan to stay away from his land. On the 12th turn Parv's civilization experienced disaster when his newly created great scientist was captured by barbarians. Parv soon declared war on Duncan by attacking his scouts due to Duncan killing some barbarians around him and taking the exp from them.
- Babylon on 'jengi' Grand Theft Auto 1:ssä. Babylon on itse asiassa USAn hallitus, joka yrittää tuhota Brother Marcusin jengin. Päähahmo tuhoaa Babylonin tappamalla Babylonin johtajan, USAn presidentin.
- Babylon was an ancient city on Earth. The city was part of Mesopotamia, now found in modern-day Iraq. (SG1: "Fire and Water")
- Babylon is the 5th episode of Season 1 of the series Carnivale.
- Babylon is the Babylonian capital in the Civilization games and elsewhere. Its name is sometimes used to refer to the civilization as a whole.
- Babylon was an ancient city-state located on Earth in modern Iraq. The Deemanot visited Babylon. (TOS novel: Unspoken Truth) Beverly Crusher once noted that, in ancient Babylon, if a doctor failed to cure a patient, they chopped off his hand, and if the patient died, he was killed. (TNG novel: To Storm Heaven)
- Babylon is the capital of Persia and home of King Sharaman and his son, the Prince of Persia. Babylon appears in Warrior Within and The Two Thrones, the latter placing the entire story in Babylon.
- The Babylon is a gang in Grand Theft Auto 1 who are the main rivals of and work against the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love gang led by Brother Marcus. The Babylon is the American government, who are attempting to shut down the Brotherhood and regularly attack the Brotherhood and their activities. They are, however, frequently thwarted by the protagonist, who also kills the President of the United States during the game.
- Babylon is a reference to the established, stagnant forces that dominate an old ocean. Babylon is only known to exist on Midnight, although it is rumored that there may be as many as four others.
- Babylon var en antik stad på Jorden. Staden var en del av Mesopotamien, som nu finns i dagens Irak. (SG1: "Fire and Water")
- "Babylon" is the fifth episode of the tenth season of The X-Files.
- Babylon was a prominent city, as the capital for the neo-Babylonian empire that destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple, and captured Israel.
- The Babylon is a 'gang' in Grand Theft Auto 1 who are the main rivals of and work against the Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love gang led by Brother Marcus. The 'Babylon' is the American government, who are attempting to shut down the Brotherhood and regularly attack the Brotherhood and their activities. They are, however, frequently thwarted by the protagonist, who also kills the President of the United States during the game.
- BABYLON (or バビロン) is a band founded by ex-RusH members and lead by ミサ (Misa).
- El Babylon es una banda que aparece en Grand Theft Auto. Esta "banda" en realidad no es una banda cualquiera, más bien es una agencia secreta del gobierno de los Estados Unidos que está establecida en Vice City para cerrar todas las operaciones ilegales de la Brotherhood of Jah Army of Love.
- Babylon was a city-state in Mesopotamia on Earth. It played an important role in human history. In the 16th century BC the concept of astrology first appeared on Earth in this city. (TV: Secrets of the Stars) In 2000 BC, the Ninth Doctor and Ali stopped a Starman from destroying the city. (PROSE: The Beast of Babylon) In 905 BC, the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond visited Babylon and stopped a Gryphon attack. (COMIC: In the Stars)
- Babylon () (Arabic: بابل) was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 mi) south of Baghdad. All that remains of the original ancient famed city of Babylon today is a mound, or tell, of broken mud-brick buildings and debris in the fertile Mesopotamian plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in Iraq. Although it has been reconstructed, historical resources inform us that Babylon was at first a small town, that had sprung up by the beginning of the third millennium BC (the dawn of the dynasties). The town flourished and attained prominence and political repute with the rise of the First Babylonian Dynasty. It was the "holy city" of Babylonia by approximately 2300 BC, and the seat of the
- Babylon is a dark and terrifying place filled with violence and death. Entering this room may result in loss of sanity, limbs or life. When in Babylon, do not attract attention to yourself unless you came prepared to either fight for your life, bribe your way out or die. Many have perished from not coming prepared and many more are sure to follow that trend. There is a very strong bond between the regs so if you start a fight with one of them they will all eat you alive. (however sometimes it is a lovely place and filled with beautiful human beings and rabbits and flowers rain from the heavens and there isn't a cloud in the sky (unless you like rain, in which case it rains constantly) and everyone smiles and laughs and the rainbows and unicorns thrive)
- Babylon, originally Babel, is an ancient city mentioned in both the Old Testament and New Testament. Babylon is the location of numerous Bible prophecies, and is located in southeastern Mesopotamia, near where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers enter the Persian Gulf. Babel was a city in the ancient kingdom of Sumer, known as Shinar in the Bible. The city of Babel first appears in the Bible in the account of the Tower of Babel (possibly a ziggurat) in Genesis 11:1-9. At the Tower of Babel, the languages of the world became confused. Genesis 10:25 also refers to the birth of Peleg as being "in the days when the earth was divided." Adding up the ages in Genesis 11:10-16 dates the Tower of Babel to about 101 years after Noah's flood. Archeology tells us that Sumer was the first civilized society
- The Babylon expansion started in the 12th century when king MC Hammurabi conquered the whole middle east and large parts of north Africa. It was named Babylon as whenever foreigners came to visit, Babylonians would babylon and on and on and on and on about how vast their empire was. A few years after this Babylon joined the Roman Empire to gain control over Europe. The Babylonians were known to be very religious, their holy books "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna" and "Hare Hare Hare Rama" shows excellent proof of highly developed spiritual insights and rituals, such as singing hymns and donating small sums of money to the temple.
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