雛ドール ✵☽ on Nostr: You only stop hearing about Babylon after the Neo-Babylonian empire because records ...
You only stop hearing about Babylon after the Neo-Babylonian empire because records from Babylon become more scarce, especially with the rise of Aramaic (which is entirely written on paper, which doesn't preserve well) and the decline of Cuneiform,
but Babylon continued to exist as a city from the Achaemenid Empire all the way until 1000 AD.
Specifically, Babylon was the original center of Manichaeism, as Mani lived and preached there, and Manichaeans in Central Asia still held Babylonian culture (albeit a late antiquity form) and the Aramaic language in high regard.
Manichaeism was the state religion of the Uyghur Khaganate, and the Mongols heavily based their culture on the Uyghur Khaganate; there are distant Babylonian influences in Mongolia
but Babylon continued to exist as a city from the Achaemenid Empire all the way until 1000 AD.
Specifically, Babylon was the original center of Manichaeism, as Mani lived and preached there, and Manichaeans in Central Asia still held Babylonian culture (albeit a late antiquity form) and the Aramaic language in high regard.
Manichaeism was the state religion of the Uyghur Khaganate, and the Mongols heavily based their culture on the Uyghur Khaganate; there are distant Babylonian influences in Mongolia