Was it the… a) Romans, b) Native Americans, or c) Babylonians?

是a)罗马人，b)美洲原住民，还是c)巴比伦人？

Then ancient Babylonians started doing things like this.

然后古巴比伦人开始做这样的事情。

Was it the a) Romans, b) Native Americans, or c) Babylonians?

是 A. 罗马人，B.美洲土著人，还是 C. 巴比伦人？

The Babylonians described a monster called Tiamat as the embodiment of chaos.

巴比伦人认为提亚玛特怪兽是混沌的化身。

The ancient Babylonians inscribed their laws in stone in the Code of Hammurabi.

古巴比伦人刊刻了汉谟拉比法典。

Many historians think it was the Babylonians who made the first ever New Year's resolutions, about 4,000 years ago.

许多历史学家认为，巴比伦人是最先立下新年决心的人，大约是在4000年前。

The fact that we have sixty minutes in an hour comes from the Babylonians.

我们每小时有六十分钟这个事实就是来自于巴比伦人。

And the early known New Year's resolutions were made by the ancient Babylonians.

最早为人所知的新年愿望是古巴比伦人提出的。

The most important of these were the Sumerians, the Babylonians and the Assyrians.

最重要的部族是苏美尔人、巴比伦尼亚人和亚述人。

The Babylonians weren't the only ones doing this kind of math.

巴比伦人并不是唯一做这种计算的人。

Early societies, such as the Babylonians and the ancient Egyptians, were static, with a fixed hierarchy of social obligations.

早期社会，例如巴比伦和古埃及，是静止的，每个阶层承担的社会责任固定不变。

It was as large and as splendid as any built by the Egyptians or the Babylonians.

它跟埃及人和巴比伦人建造的那些神庙一样巨大和辉煌。

But the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians couldn't know that, and so they thought some strange magic must lie behind it.

可是这个事实，古代巴比伦尼亚人和亚述人不可能知道，所以他们认为，其中必有某种神秘的魔术。

His first act was to free all the peoples held in captivity by the Babylonians.

而他所做的第一件事便是释放被巴比伦人监禁的人们。

But the Babylonians quickly take over and project their power in the region.

但巴比伦人迅速占领该地区， 并向该地区扩张势力。

The Babylonians, and the Assyrians after them, were disciplined and hardworking, but they didn't paint cheerful pictures like the Egyptians.

巴比伦尼亚人以及后来的亚述人也都是纪律严明的的和勤奋的，但是他们没有画过埃及人那样漂亮的图画。

The fact that we have 60 minutes in an hour comes from the Babylonians.

我们每小时有 60 分钟的事实来自巴比伦人。

However, the Babylonians would go on to create  one of the longest-lasting empires in history.

然而，巴比伦人将继续创建历史上持续时间最长的帝国之一。

The Babylonians passed Sumerian inventions and traditions through along Hebrew, Greek, and Roman cultures.

巴比伦人将苏美尔人的发明和传统沿袭希伯来、希腊和罗马文化。

Cats are stupid, high-stung predators. Babylonians sealed them up in bricks

猫是愚蠢的，高刺的捕食者，巴比伦人用砖块把它们封起来。